Discuss your process as a reader and as a writer

Discuss your process as a reader and as a writer

My process of becoming a reader and a writer has come over far. With growing up malnourished and also being adopted, for my first 3 years I wasn’t taught anything.  After I was adopted my parents first took care of my medical problems.  After that then they started with my education.  Around 4 or 5 are when I had to start learning it all.  It was difficult for me because I was slower.  I never did like reading and writing was also a challenge.  I was put in to a private school because there I could get the help and need I needed.  This is where MIs Blair came into the picture.  She would meet with me once or twice a week and she would teach me the basics and helped me with my reading and writing. She would do different activates with me.  At first I hated it and thought I wasn’t fair because I had to skip some classes.  I had to go to her every year till the end of my jr high year. I was so happy to be done.  I was excited to finally not have to skip class to go to her.  Now looking back I have realized how much she has influenced me.  I took her for granted a lot of the times and I wish I hadn’t.  If it wasn’t for her time and effort I would be struggling even more. I have come along with and I am truly thankful for her.  I am thankful for a lot of my teachers for putting time and effort for helping me get my HS diploma. I still am not a big reader but I love writing.

Task 3 self evaluation

self evaluation of task three

• What is the thesis for your paper?  Throughout my life I have gone to two schools during my high school and elementary years. They both have been private schools.  I have never been to an urban school. I have never been through or seen half the things my peers have. 

• List the main points you make in your paper. I described my high school  experience and how my school is different than many. I tell how I have never been to a urban school. 

• What was the most helpful advice you received from your peer evaluation? To work on it and try to put my own thoughts into it

• What was the most helpful information you received in class for your paper? I didn't get to get my paper checked in class.

• How many drafts of this paper do you think you wrote and how/when did you write them? For example, did you compose at the keyboard, did you write lots of notes to yourself, did you pre-write or outline, did you write in small chunks of time or sit down and produce an entire draft at one sitting? .  for this paper I wrote many paragraphs and just kept deleting. for some reason I hate trouble with this paper.  It was harder for me to do than the rest.

 

• What would you do differently with this paper to make it more effectively, or what did you try to do that you just don’t think you got a good handle on? . I would spend more time on it and tried harder. I should of spent more time on it and tired to make it flow and sound better.

• What are most pleased with about this paper? Getting it done!!!.

Task 3 - Reflection Kozol

Some of the topics that Kozol talks about are how kids are placed in schools according to there districts.  I have mixed feelings about that.  A student should have the right to choose where they want to go.  They should be allowed to try the school they are assigned to and If they dont like it than they can transfer.  Or if  there parents rather send them to a Private school they should be allowed.  Like me, I was allowed to choose where I wanted to be placed.  I choose Private.  Friends are a huge decision on where a child goes.  If they have friends and feel fit it in they will stay.  Your neighbored is usually who you go to school with. Some people rather not go to the school who they are neighbors with.  They want to be raised better. I believe students have the right to choose where they want to be and how much knowledge they have.

Task 3 - Reflection

My focus for task three is to talk about, why I came to college. At first I thought I had it all planned out but after reading the last short stories we read last, made me want to use one of them instead.  Im not exactly sure though. My education experience I know is different than most of the students in my class. Me coming to college was mostly mandatory and also a way to show me school mates and parents that I want to move on in life.  I wasn't the brightest student but with help of teachers and friends I passed.

Kozol - Analysis

One of the things that kozol talks about in his book is suburban schools vrs urban.  I myself come from a different kind of lifestyle. The kind of school I came from was a private school.  I haven't  been apart of the kind of schools that most of my classmates have been apart of.  I am blessed to be raised in a nice family who could afforded to give me a good education.  I believe that the part of neighborhood you live in is usually the kind of school you will go to.  Usually your neighbors are some of your classmates.  Although some go out of there way to put there child in a better school.  Theses two schools are classified as good school and poor school.  Usually when going to a school you don't have the choice to where you go.  Most schools are like that. Kids should be able to go where they want.  If color or race bothers them then they need to find a different school or accept the way God made some people.  We are all the same.

Task 3 response

Why did you decide to come to college?
 The reason I decided to come to college was one to get child support and I wanted to further my educated and I want to pursue my dreams.  College I feel is big in my family and at first I felt pressured to go.  During my senior year my parents would pound me with questions about college so there I felt pressured.  But I liked being pressured to help to be on top of things.  I didn't have to come to college but I want to be someone in the future and now.  I also wanted the experience I have heard all my friends talk about. I'm not getting the dorm experience but I'm still making friends by living at home and I'm okay with that.  College has been a great experience.  I'm very excited to meet new friends and start my future. If it wasn't for the support of my family and especially friends I wouldn't be doing so well as I have been. Thanks to them I have came a long way with my education.  My most praise goes to God. Without him through all of this there wouldn't even be a me.  I cant play around like I did in HS this is the world and if I fail I fail.  I only get so many redoes till they say I'm out.  I am going to do the best I can and hope for the best.

For you to analyze- "Let Teen-agers Try Adulthood"

The audience I believe Botstein  is writing for is the parents, authorities, anyone over the teen-age age, and the teens. He needs to be talking to everyone.  He talks to the authorities and parents but they all used to be teens and know what it is like.  He needs to target the teens now so they can learn and teach the younger. Letting teens try being what they aren't is harder so say than do.  Some teens are mature enough but some aren't ready.  If we let the right audience know then maybe it will effect them and the rest of the people who they are around. As Botstein talks about in the essay he says that " the teams sports of high school dominate more than student culture"  meaning kids are more into sports/life than school.  They want to be like there parents out in the real world and on there own.