My Writing Process

Usually, I need to brainstorm before even start my writing. In order to write something I need to brainstorm first and I do this whenever I feel like to. For example, free time, while walking, and while leaning on the bed are the best time for me to brainstorm. After brainstorm when I really started to write I need to be in a silence place like library where I couldn’t hear any noise. So usually I go to the quiet study area in library to do my writing.

The process of my writing is different than the process I use to do homework from other classes. If I have to do math homework I need loud music in my laptop. Unlike, any other homework or activities, for writing I need peace environment where my brain doesn’t interact with other distraction around. Even though I am not a good writer I always enjoyed the moment when I have to write something or when I choose to write something. Last week, I got three college essays from the senior students from high school. All three papers I spent 2 hours editing each of the paper. It would have take me more than 2 hours if I chose to edit their papers in the place where there is lot of noise and distractions. Therefore, I am a better writer in silence place like library than any other places.

the writing process.

Whenever I start writing, no matter fiction or nonfiction, everything has to be set up and ready. For example, for the research paper that I am writing, I have to have all my sources pulled up on different tabs so that I can access them as I write. I also open all the word docs on our class blackboard page that I think will be helpful for my paper or information that I might need to refer to as I write. I also have my email and blackboard open in case I have any questions.

I always write my introduction first because that is usually the part that comes easiest to me. I don't really do any brainstorming because I never end up using any of the brainstorming I do, so really it is a waste of time for me to sit and write out an outline. I feel like having an outline is too rigid, and when I right I like to change things as I go along. Depending on the type of writing that I am doing, I will sometimes speak the words out loud as I am writing and edit as I type if something sounds off.

The absolute hardest thing for me to do is analyze scholarly articles and interpret them so that their significance is clear. I usually end up summarizing the source rather than actually analyze it, so I like that we have already done informal papers where I have already done bits and pieces of analysis. As I write this paper, I also have all my informal papers pulled up on my computer screen so that I can refer to the analyses that I have already done. This has been SO helpful because once I get started in my analysis, it is so easy to come up with more and more ideas.

I always always take a break before writing the conclusion of any paper because that is the point when I consider my paper done. The conclusion is basically a summary of the paper, so once I have it written, I take a break to celebrate before summing the paper up in 2 or 3 sentences.

Class Post

When I write, I hate doing outlines. Maybe that is the reason why my writing is not that strong. Before, I thought outlines were essential and I did them. But later on I realized, that my writing never ends up anything like it was planned. For this research paper, I did make an outline, and yet again, my paper is not going to follow my outline. When I write, I always make last minute decisions. One thing I like doing is, just making bullet points to remind me that I have to make sure I include certain things.

When I write, I usually like writing under pressure. But since I have been in college, I have tried to start my writing several days earlier, prior to the due date. It has helped a lot. I feel a little more confident about my work.

When I sit down and write, I never like writing the whole thing at once. I get bored typing my own thoughts. That is why I write half or a couple of paragraphs and then I will go back to my writing.

Recently, writing has not been a dread to me. I kind of enjoy it now, even though I am never 100 percent confident when I write. I think that is because English is my second language

Post 12

The ISO Simon I attended was a blast; I really liked how they talked about different cultures in India. I didn’t know that in India there are lots of people who believe that many things are improper in their culture which in America are just the regular thing. I kind of liked the presentations because they also talked about many things that I have experienced. For example the traffic and the food

The most fascinating thing about japan was the trains. The supersonic trains were really faster and needed in America, also the Japanese dress and culture were very interesting

How I write... Natalie

When I am going through the difficult task of starting a paper, at first I just sit and read the directions, over and over again and then stare at a blank computer screen. Throughout high school, my teachers attempt to have me write an outline prior to starting my paper, but I never felt like they helped me. It was a big issue during my junior year, when in the state of New York, you're required to take the dreaded English Regents in order to graduate. That year, I realized that I am more of an off hand writer. As in, I would much rather sit down and just write out what I have, and later edit it, than try to come up with a web or outline of my thoughts. So now when I write any paper, I like to sit and think first and later move on to actually writing the paper. I usually block myself from Facebook and any other distracting website like Youtube ect.., that way my paper has my undivided attention. If I'm sitting there for over an hour, I will usually award myself with a little personal break, but sometimes that ends up being longer than I intended on making it. After I finish my papers, I do not like to immediately proof read them because I feel like at that point, I won't catch any errors. I'd much rather go back the next day and read it again, with a fresh mind set, and by doing this, I catch a lot more mistakes.

In Class Blog Response - David

I usually need to think for a while before I really start writing my papers. I will first look at the prompt, and start forming paper structures and coming up strong arguments for my position. But I don't just get stuck there when I am thinking. I usually do other things after I read the prompts. It could seem awkward..., but this works for me: I can sometimes come up some good ideas, even when I am doing my other homework. Playing games, showering, eating, having coffee, etc...

When I come up ideas about how to write the paper, I would first write the whole structure down on a paper. This way gives me a sense how I am going to present my ideas and how I can make the paper flow. Also, I will sometimes discuss the issues from the prompts with my friends before I even start writing, just in case that my arguments are also strong to readers.

After that, I will start looking up resources that support my position. After finding suitable resources for the paper, I start writing the paper. If necessary, I would sometimes go to the writing center, or even get my friends to read the paper, to see if my paper needs to be edited.

Writing methods

Writing an essay for me is like cleaning my room. There is always the big pile of things that go somewhere and then I have to "pretty it up". Then there are the small things thrown around that I must decide whether I should keep or throw out. Therefore, I first gather all of my information, plan out where everything is going to be sort, leaving the small information for last, and then I step back, re-read and fix things. After I have finished revising my work I send it to my ex girlfriend so that she could give me her feedback- just because she is brutal about my work and pushes me to my "full potential". ofcourse I only let her read my final drafts, not the working in progress ones.

post #13

When I sit down to write a paper, I generally cannot do it all in one sitting and I need to take several breaks. After each paragraph or so, I check my email or go on Facebook or just get away from my computer. It is definitely not the most efficient way to get the paper done, but it helps me to write better when I step away from the paper every so often. I don't really have a set order of what I do before I start to write my paper or what I do when I take a break. It's just whatever I feel like doing to take my mind off of the assignment for a little bit. Also, I almost never write my ideas in the order they would come in the paper (ex: intro first, body, conclusion). Even if I am in the middle of a paragraph or sentence, and an idea comes to mind, I immediately switch gears and start writing about that. I know that I can always go back to doing whatever I was writing at first, so I just start writing my new idea so that I won't forget it. Additionally, I never begin with my introduction. I think this is one of the harder things to write, and it is usually the last thing I write in a paper. I think it helps to write your introduction after you have written the rest of your paper because now you have a better idea of what you need to introduce to your audience.

Blog Response 28/11/12

I usually write papers in my room, in the very late night(like 2AM) after my roommate goes to sleep. It also means that I don't eat, drink, or listen to music when I write. I do like doing homework in the library, but I don't like writing papers in the library mainly because I can be easily distracted by everything in the library. I personally think that doing homework and writing papers are different. I need much more concentration and time to write papers than when I do simple calculation homework.

I don't mean that my roommate is noisy or distracts me, yet she is actually really kind. However, when she goes to sleep, I feel like I am the only one in the room. I believe that this time is when I have the greatest concentration to do anything.

In addition, in order to write papers in the very late night, I usually think about what I am going to write about, making plans during the day. Then, I can have a dozen of times to think about the paper. This makes me write papers in much shorter time.

Post 12

I did not go to the ISO event, but I was at CSA's calligraphy event the other day. A Rochester high school came to our school to learn about the student life at the University and learn about Chinese culture. We taught them how to do calligraphy during the event. It seems that the students were very interested in Chinese characters.

Besides teaching students, I also did one by myself... But my calligraphy is terrible, because I have never learned how to do it before. I tried and wrote a poem for my girlfriend, since it was our anniversary. I guess it was something special LOL. I was glad that Liz came to the event later, and I hope Liz also had a great time at the calligraphy event on Friday as well.

You guys should go if we have similar events going on again in the future :D

Post 12

The IOS event was very interesting and informative. I love learning about other countries and their cultures. I learned a lot about the lifestyle of people from both India and Tokyo. One thing that was interesting was learning about the different foods and desserts Indian people eat. The reason why I think it was more intriguing to me was because my Godsister is getting married to an Indian man. It was good to learn about certain things about their culture before the two cultures join together. One thing I am excited about the two cultures joining together is that I love trying different type of foods and Indian food is one I am looking forward to try. From the presentation I learned that most of the foods are spicy and that is one of my favorites.

Learning about Tokyo was really interesting too. The facts were more interesting, even though the presentation was not as interesting or entertaining as the other presentation. It was fascinating to learn that the technology in Tokyo is so advanced. The technology they have, makes me feel that they are from outer space. One thing that I wished that our country would have is the trains. In the slide show it was mentioned that it would only take two hours from Rochester to New York City. If we had that type of technology here, we would be better off and happer.

This presentation was really enjoyable. It was nice to be in a class that we learned different things than the subjects we take. Also, this past two weeks have been full of exams and essays and it was nice to do a different kind of activity that would distract us from other things going on.

Blog #12 response

What did you think of the ISO/Simon event you attended?
The ISO/Simon event that we attended was so interesting! At first i thought the presenters would be mostly focusing on the cultural background of India and Tokyo but the many different aspects they focused on like food and technology grabbed my attention. I liked the overall open attitude that the presenters had, they were actually excited about what they were telling us and their comical personality made the presentation more attention grabbing. I also liked the videos they showed, the video of the packed trains in Tokyo and traffic in India was entertaining while they showed a glimpse of the life in those countries. These places made me think of actually studying abroad there so i can learn more about the different lifestyles they live.
My favorite part was the bullet train when it showed how it can travel great distances like Rochester to NYC in a small amount of time like 2 hours it made me think how great that would be if we had that here in America!

Prompt #12

ISO/Simon event we attended was interesting with many information and knowledge based on cultures, economics, traditions, values, and languages. I came from the eastern Nepal, which is close to North East of India so I already have some understanding about North and East part of India. I was thrilled to learned about other regions of India. Some of the cultures they mentioned was something I have never know before. What really grabbed my interest was the growing economic of the India. I have never knew India’s economic is one of the fastest growing economic in the world. Most of the cultural festivals and holidays of India are familiar to me. However, as I mentioned above the cultures and the life style of people in southern and western India really make force me to research more. In fact, I was looking at Google to learn more about these parts of India.

The information presented by two Japanese students was totally new for me. Something made me sucked was the way security pushed down the crew on the train. I have never ever though that was happening in India. Soon, I thought that incident happened during the tsunami. Moreover, it was great opportunity for me to learn about Japanese life style of the people including their culture and business. In future I want to learn more about Japan.

Prompt #12 Response

I really enjoyed the Simon Event last week. Since I went there, expecting this event would be about the graduate level of business studies that I don't know anything about, I was little worried that I could fall asleep during the event. However, that event was about interesting differences of various asian culture, including Japan and India. It was kind of an introduction of how to start the business in those countries. The presentation really captured the audiences attention, by using interesting video clips and photos. I thought that it would be great if I didn't miss anything.

I was especially interested about differences in culture among various region in India, surprised by the fact that they even speak with different languages. It also reminded me of the memory with my Indian friend in high school.

In addition, I was shocked by the video clip showing how Japanese commute in the morning. If I were there, I would certainly not be able to breath. That video was little exaggerated, but I felt enough what they wanted us to see - difference.

It was true that I have recently had a lot of stuffs to do. However, I think this event gave me enough energy that made me laugh and refreshed my mind. I would love to have those kinds of events later on in the writing class.

ISO Event!!

The ISO event we attended was great! I loved it because I have always wanted to travel around the world. Well, I just want to go to India, Japan, Egypt, China, and Europe. The event taught me that before, if I could ever afford to go to any of those countries, I first must learn about their culture. I do not want to be ignorant and step foot in a place where a lot of the things I do may seem disrespectful or wrong. It was also interesting to see their arts and food. One of the funniest parts was when they shoved the people into the trains, even though they said that the regular trains run every 3 minutes.

I also think that we should have that fast train here in the United States. That way, I could see my family in less time and it wouldn't take so long or be so exhausting. Besides, if I miss one train I could just wait for the next train in ten minutes- that would be fabulous!

Prompt #12 Response due 11/21 by midnight

What did you think of the ISO/Simon event you attended?

Prompt #11 Response

What I know:

I searched some important definitions about animal research, starting from what animal testing is and a short history of animal experiment. This will be a part of my introduction.

For the literature review, I looked for the information about two opposite arguments - the opinion of people who agree with the animal research, and the opinion of people who disagree with the animal research. I also found the book, 'Animal as a person', which described the discourse about this issue regarding necessity issue and justification issue. I have recent journals and articles about current issues regarding laboratory animals in medical research. The ethical considerations for laboratory animals are also included in this literature review.

In order to answer my question, 'Are the legal protections for laboratory animals in the US enough? If not, how can we improve?', I have been searching for any information about law that shows the weakness of the system in the US.

What I want to know:

I want to figure out that specifically what parts in the law/protection system in the US are not sufficient and how to improve. In order to do that, I will also need some information about good protection system and organizations/groups in other countries.

Questions I want to ask:

I still think that my topic is not narrowed enough. I will focus on the protection system/law for laboratory animals in US and suggestions to improve the system. How can I specify more?

Prompt #11

1) What I know:

So far I have collected lot of information about the challenges that are facing by recent immigrants in United States. I have done this by interviewing people and through online journals and articles. As of now, I know that language barrier and acculturation stress are two major difficulties for recent immigrants. Most of the senior immigrants those who are resettling in Rochester have never go to school back in Bhutan because they have limited excess to school in the place they grew up. Unlike senior Bhutanese seniors, Bhutanese youth got chance to go to the school in Bhutanese refugee camp in Eastern Nepal, where they have spent sixteen years. Bhutanese youth has mentioned that they have limited English language proficiency and they are hoping to improve it as time goes by. Therefore, language has been much more difficult issue for the Bhutanese immigrants in United States.

2) What I want to know:

I want to know more about how getting involve into different cultures has been difficult for them. While, I know few facts about this issue from two Bhutanese immigrants that I have interviewed. However, I still want to learn more about this so I have scheduled the appointments with two Bhutanese immigrants for next week. Hopefully, I will get as much information as I would like to collect.

3) Questions I have or problems I am encountering:

One problem that I am having trouble with is developing a counterargument. I am not sure if I have to develop a counterargument while I am comparing Bhutanese immigrants issues from my primary research and secondary research. In my opinion my paper would looks more strong if I include counterargument in it so I need help with how could I develop a counterarguments in my paper.

What I know:

From my secondary research, I have learned many things about my topic of interest. I know that athletes are given so much publicity not only for their athletic accomplishments, but also for their personal life scandals. They are role models, whether they would like to be or not because of the media attention they receive. Although there are many athletes that make valuable contributions to society and set good examples for young children, there are others who do the exact opposite. They get involved with drugs, alcohol, and violence for a variety of reasons and all of this inevitably gets publicized. There are some athletes that just set poor examples for kids.

What I want to know:

I want to know if people think athletes should be obligated to present themselves as good role models since they get so much media attention. For the purpose of this paper, I specifically want to know how college athletes perceive the influence of professional athletes and whether or not they think these sports stars have a responsibility to set positive examples.

Problems I am having:

Everything is going pretty well so far, and I am not having too much trouble with anything yet. I handed out my surveys and I am just waiting to get them back. I haven't had a chance to sit down with the athletes I want to interview, but hopefully this will happen within the next few days.

What I know:

I know that my suspicions were correct and that gay men are targeted more by heterosexual's. this is due to two reasons that I did not know before- straight men are scared of being accused of being gay and gay men are "like women", therefore their job as being a man is pretty much not done, and it seems weird for the society to have to experience that. Also, I know how things are on a lesbian because I am a lesbian and so far, what I have read has made sense and does fall in line to my life.

What I want to know:

I sent the questions to my friend not so long ago but he still has not gotten back to me and I really want to know how it is for him being a gay man. I know he has a lot on his plate with his auditions and all, but I hope he gets the information in by this Friday. I also want to know why some females do not like the idea of gay men-since all I have read explains why heterosexual men might be against gay men and nothing about why some females are against homosexual men.

What I am having difficulty with:

So far everything is going smoothly- I am trying not to jinx myself. I have some questions about the counter argument starting from what information I have to include to make my counter-argument and ending with having a difficult time thinking of the right place to incorporate it into my essay.

prompt #11 response.

What I know:
I know that food companies spend billions of dollars a year advertising to children because it does work. All the different forms of advertising (commercials, ads, colorful graphics, music, and games) are employed to get kids to buy high sugar and high fat products. It has actually been proven that kids will be more drawn to a certain product simply because they have seen it advertised; it has also been proven that kids will be more drawn to a product just because it has their favorite cartoon character on it. The incident of childhood obesity and diabetes is no coincidence as advertising is reaching more kids nowadays who are being exposed to more and more media. Going into the grocery store for a simple product is like entering a bombardement of advertisements for everything else in the store, and it is no coincidence that the advertisements that are seen more are linked to the products that are most popular. Most parents don't read the nutrition facts when their kids want a certain food, and this has been linked to unhealthy eating habits in every aspect of life.

What I want to know:
I want to find out which advertising strategy is most effective; I want to know what people remember about their favorite cereal ads 10 years ago and if that has affected their cereal choices now. My survery questions will be as follows:
1. What is your favorite cereal (now)?
2. What was your favorite cereal 10 years ago when you were a child?
3. Tell me about why it was your favorite cereal then or still is now? (or perhaps: What do you most remember it terms of cereal advertising?)
4. I may also consider asking: What made your cereal choice change?
I want to interview both males and females, and athletes and nonathletes to see if these factors have an influence on my results. I want to see if there will be a separation between people who report their favorite cereal being lucky charms because of the colorful leprechaun cartoon versus those who report their favorite cereal as being plain cheerios because of its lack of advertising.
Questions I have or problems I am encountering:
I am having difficulties with developing survey questions that I am happy with. I thought I was done with that step, but I still feel as though my survey questions contain a lot of bias because I am sort of prompting people about the advertising aspect of the question. I also am not sure if my questions are structured specifically enough that I will have data that will streamline into set categories. I feel as though my questions leave me with too many possible answers. What do you guys think of these questions?

Promt #11 Response

So far I am doing more research on what I should include on my paper. As of right now I have looked through few articles in details about ethical consideration and technology. 2 of these articles bring really good points on how technology has impacted our lives. For example the device likes 6^th sense. Had it been in the market now, what would have been the people reaction to it? How this device might have affected our lives and the ethics? Right now I kind of have a really broad sense of how I am connecting these ideas of misleading technology towards the ethics and moral that we all as humans should live by. But I know that I need to narrow it down to make it look more precise and not vague.

I still want to know more on this topic. I want to know if there is any search engines that any one already knows where I can find the best results of my topic “ Sixthsense device on the eyes of technology and ethical consideration” and to be little broad it’s just “Technology and ethical consideration”

There hasn’t been any problems finding articles but narrowing the points and purpose on that article and to relate it to my topic has been a little challenge. I need help creating a flow of my ideas. I would say one of my biggest challenges in writing a paper is about connecting my ideas. I know the matter like what I am writing, but the question is how I am connecting the ideas? Right now I kind of feel good about this though; coz Liz helped me sampling my 10 page paper. But I know I will get stuck in the middle somewhere to ask myself what’s next?

Prompt 11 Response - David

What I know:

Here is the information that I have so far:

a brief description of E-cigarettes. Even though E-cigarettes have many beneficial features to the society, I found online that the government is trying to ban the product. The reason for the government to ban the product is that a study by FDA discovered that there was toxic chemical in some E-cigarette companies' products. However, another article shows that there was no toxic chemical found in Green Smoker company's E-cigarettes. Furthermore, an article mentions that the government might be afraid that they would lose a great amount of tax revenue from tobacco if E-cigarettes take over the market.

What I want to know:

I want to find out what the government's additional concerns. Also, I want to find out the tax revenue the government gain from selling tobacco and E-cigarettes. What I would do is to look up online and go to tobacco and E-cigarette stores to find out the tax on the products. I will need to do a calculation of how much the government gain from selling both products and how much consumers spend in buying both products. I will also need to look up the environmental cost of producing both products.

Questions I have or problems I am encountering:

I sent an email to FDA's directors to ask if there is any other concerns about selling E-cigarettes. However, the feedback they sent back was still skeptical. What I might do is to analyze what they send back to me and explain why I think is skeptical. And I am going to get into the topic of economic and environmental costs of both products and see which one has more benefits to the society.

Prompt 11 - Due Monday November 14th by midnight

Answer these questions about your paper:

What I know:

What I want to know:

Questions I have or problems I am encountering:

THURSDAY PARTY

I had a lot of fun in Thursday's party, it was a great opportunity to distract my mind, spend time with classmates out of class, and interact with new people. I played games I never heard of before, but unfortunately I forgot their names. What made Thursday even more exciting was that I was allowed to bring my closest friend from here, Kiara, to the party-Having her by my side made it so much easier to open up and interact with everyone. I also spoke to a guy who was sitting next to David, unfortunately I forgot his name as well- I have an awful memory! I loved interacting with Liz as well, she is very humble, sweet, and energetic. The highlight of my day was when I saw her get on the desk and jump to the floor- that was cool. The food was good as well; I need to order from that place. They have the best fast food I have eaten thus far here in Rochester. I hope she is able to do this again with her future classes- it was great!

Blog post #10

I think that the party on Thursday was a beneficial activity. It was nice to be able to interact with people that I normally would not talk to on regular basis around campus. I met a couple girls from China, and we played Taboo with them. I also spoke to a couple people from different ECO years, and we shared stories about our different summer program experiences. I even got to reunite with a couple of the people from the summer class, which was nice, because with our varying schedules on campus, it is very difficult to see everyone, so this was a great opportunity to catch up. The food was also a great touch. Over all I had a great time, with some good laughs. I hope the writing program keeps offering to pay for it, so that you may continue to do events like this, because it seemed like everyone was interacting well with each other, and making some new friendships, or catching up with an old friend.

Prompt 10

What did you do at the party on Thursday? Who did you meet? Was this a good use of class time or not?
I really did enjoy the party last week. It was nice to interact with students from a different year. I already knew several of the upper class men like Henry and Tao. But I did try to meet new people. I am bad with remembering names, but I did play Taboo with international students from china. They were in my team in the game. I was not shy around them, but it seemed that they were of me. Sometimes it was hard to talk to them because they did not really want to speak to me, so they stayed with each other. Then I really enjoyed the ECO reunion and our game of taboo.
I enjoyed experiencing this break from classes. I believe it was a good use of class time. If we are viewing as an educational point of view, I can say that it helped me with my social skills. I am usually not the type to go to a person that I do not know and join a group with them. Over all it was a nice experience and break. Thank you, Liz:)

Prompt #10 Response

I had a really great time at the party on the last Thursday. In my chemistry lecture which was right before my writing class, I really thought that the time went very slow. So as soon as finishing the lecture, I ran to Wilson Commons. I met some new friends, playing game with them, and talking to each other. Sitting down and talking with friends were what I mostly did at the party, but I really enjoyed that time. During that time, I couldn't think of any other stuffs that have been bothering me, like homework, exams, and papers. Maybe because I didn't feel any pressure, I talked pretty much at the party on Thursday. I liked the music as well. I played three games with friends. All of them helped me to have fun with new friends. Pictionary which I haven't done for a while was also interesting, reminding me of old memories.

I believe that the party was valuable. That time was for us to communicate with new people, sharing information with each other, and having fun.

I had a lot of fun at the party on Thursday, and I met Keira, Chen, and I think I met Jimmy as well. It was really great to talk to everyone and just play games and get to know each other better. I got a chance to play Jenga, Taboo, and Apples to Apples. I think I liked playing Taboo the most though :) Personally, I think this was a good use of class time. I have been super busy lately with midterms and just regular work and it was nice to forget about everything for a little while and have fun with everyone in a comfortable setting. It was also cool to talk to different people and learn new things about all the people at the party. It was a nice break from the regular class schedule, for me at least.

Prompt #10

Thursday’s party actually was fantastic with lot of fun. I really enjoyed meeting up the new people and playing games. While, most of the games were new for me so I loved learning the rules and the tricks of the games. I have met lot of new freshman and learning from them was the best part of the party. Another important person I met in the party was a BME sophomore who has gone to Sydney, Australia for abroad study. It was an amazing coordination to meet her especially at the time when I was looking to meet somebody to talk about abroad study. I was doing the research about abroad study in Sydney so when I met this sophomore student and heard that there is good engineering program in Sydney I was extremely happy. Besides meeting people, pizza and wings were delicious. I don’t know about the wings but I am big fan of pizza, I love pizza. In my opinion it was really great use of class time because class is design for students to learn and study something and Thursday’s party was one of the great environment to meet new friends and learned from them and at the same time sharing my own story and opinion to them was another great things. As a whole, I enjoyed the party on Thursday and meeting new friends was the great opportunity and fun.

Promt # 10 Response

I had a great time in the party that was on Thursday. I met Chen, Jimmy and all other Chinese friends. I also had a really awesome chance to meet with some of my ECO friends who were there. I played almost all the games there. First off, we played the game.. Oops I forgot the name... It was a game where you would find the names starting from the letter that we got by rolling a dice. So you had to name all the things on the list starting from that letter. This game actually helped built my thinking process and I really enjoyed it. We also played many other games and the last one which is called apple to apple was really fun. I wish I had longer time to play that game. I really enjoyed it. This game actually built by knowledge about many words that I have never heard of.

I believe the Party was an awesome use of class time. It was more like a knowledge sharing party, where we all sat on a table and talked about each other and the courses that we are taking. It was more like an interaction with each other. I really enjoyed talking to new people from different places. The food was great and so the people were. I think we should organize like the same kind of party at the end of the semester where we can explore ourselves and know about what other people think about our own ideas.

prompt #10 response.

I met Keira and Chen at the party. I also met Chen's friend, another Chinese guy, but I forgot his name :/ I also go to speak to a girl who was in her Take 5 year here who had gone to many different countries as a study abroad student. I think it was really cool meeting so many new people, and I love hearing about other people's study abroad experiences because I won't be able to do it myself. Otherwise, I spent a while playing Jenga with Tek and Michelle (I think Tek really likes that game because we played so many games! (:) Then our whole class got together and played that one game where you tried to guess the word based on the clues that someone was giving (Sorry, I'm completely blanking on the name). Overall, I thought it was a good bonding experience for our class because I feel as though many of us don't really know each other that well even though our class is so small. I liked that it was really low key and there was no pressure to have to participate (even though I really like classes were we have group discussions where everyone participates). I think that was the first time I was really able to let loose and be myself around these classmates so that was fun! It was also cool to see how everyone was like outside of class. I have to be honest, and hopefully I don't get spammed with too many angry comments for saying this, but I feel like a class talking about annotated bibliographies would have been more helpful. Personally I dread writing annotated bibliographies, and honestly I feel that they are completely useless to me because I feel like the summary is purely for someone else's benefit. It is much more organized and beneficial for me just to keep track of what sources I am using in my own way.

Prompt # 10 Response - David

What did you do at the party on Thursday? Who did you meet? Was this a good use of class time or not?

I had a great time at the party on Thursday. I met Rantai, Kewei, Chen, Jimmy... and Kiera? (I think that's her name). At first, we played card game, which I don't know what the name is... Basically we have someone from the group to explain what a word is so that we can get the word. It was fun... but I quitted later @@ After that, what surprised me was that I found that Jenny actually speaks Chinese pretty well!! That was impressive! Liz probably didn't want us to speak in Chinese anymore so she got us to play Jenga. It was a better game, but I was still terrible at it. I met Kewei and Rantai while playing the game. Then we ended up playing Pictionary! Liz and I were in one team, Kewei, Jenny, and Lei were in another one. Even though they gave my team an extra point for us to catch them up, we still lost, because their team is TOO good. (Egrrhh...) I ate a lot of pizza, and some chicken wings. I like the wings. They were tasty. I hung out at the room for another while before I left.

I personally like this. It gives us more opportunity to meet more people from outside of classes. I had never talked to new Chinese students too much, but at the party, I had a chance to get to know more about them, which was awesome!

Prompt #10 due Monday, November 7th

What did you do at the party on Thursday? Who did you meet? Was this a good use of class time or not?