Well first I can't even print the second one out because it says that the files won't transfer to print. Whatever that means? The other two printed out with no problem so go figure? Now to actually doing the worksheets that would print out for me. Is it just me or are the answers already done for you on like the first three problems? I don't understand them very well at all. I guess we will find out tommorrow when we go to the library and listen to somebody give us a lecture and check the worksheets.
I must say that I am looking foward to finding out how to do research in the library because I have papers due in my other classes and the library could become very useful. I don't have very much information for them so I really hope whoever gives us the lecture can really help us. I don't understand why the worksheets won't print but I am happy to be going to the library and I must say that is probably the first time that I have ever said that.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Monday, September 29, 2008
is fall ever going to come
It seems like mother nature is just going to continue to tease us for a little while longer. One day it could be windy and 68 while the very next day it is 85 and sunny. No wonder everbody is sick around campus. Two out of three of my teachers were even sick today. Also it seems like it did not rain all summer but as soon as we get to college and have to walk everywhere than it desides it wants to poor down raining everyday. I feel like it rains every weekend and I was lookin at the weather a second ago and it says it's suppose to cool back off again what a suprise? It also says that there is a chance of rain like everyday with some days more than others. I am sure after it cools down at the end of this week than the following week it will get hot again and probally rain.
This is crazy weather I am only from the eastern shore of Maryland so I am kind of used to it but I just wish it would stay summer or go ahead and switch to fall. Anyways it look like it is going to rain on tuesday which of course is a day that we have practice so it will probably mess up the schedule once again. but oh well.
This is crazy weather I am only from the eastern shore of Maryland so I am kind of used to it but I just wish it would stay summer or go ahead and switch to fall. Anyways it look like it is going to rain on tuesday which of course is a day that we have practice so it will probably mess up the schedule once again. but oh well.
Monday, September 22, 2008
Study Hall PACKED
This is impossible! It is impossible to concentrate in this room espically when you are trying to write your first year english paper. It is probably the hardest paper that I have ever had to write in my life and I am crowded between all kinds of people. It is impossible to think, let alone even trying to read because there is no way that you could comprehend anything. I don't quite get the point of study hall because pretty much i just have to sit here to get hours in and than when I get back to my place I have to write my paper. So did I actually get anything out of study hall tonight besides posting this blog? absolutly notw. It is horrible.
Now that I am done complaining I will talk about how great Mondays have became for me. Monday is now our only day off for baseball so even though study hall sucks really bad atleast we get a day for our body's to relax and recover not including we don't have to wake up early. I used to hate monday's back in high school but now it has became my favorite day. Not including that Monday, Wednesday, and Friday are my easy day for classes so it just makes them all that much better. If everyday could be a innersquad game than I would not mind playing everyday and not even having a day off but it's not and we have to practice some. Thats why Monday's are now the best.
Now that I am done complaining I will talk about how great Mondays have became for me. Monday is now our only day off for baseball so even though study hall sucks really bad atleast we get a day for our body's to relax and recover not including we don't have to wake up early. I used to hate monday's back in high school but now it has became my favorite day. Not including that Monday, Wednesday, and Friday are my easy day for classes so it just makes them all that much better. If everyday could be a innersquad game than I would not mind playing everyday and not even having a day off but it's not and we have to practice some. Thats why Monday's are now the best.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
First Scrimmage Game Of Season
The basbeall team had the first intersquad scrimmage baseball game of the season today. It went pretty well for being the first time out. The red team which happens to be the one that I was on actually won. It was a low scoring game but that was expected because none of the hitters have seen live pitching in atleast a month. Our pitching looked really good for the first time out which means that there is great promise for upcoming terps baseball games. This could be the year even though this is supposed to be a rebuilding year. I don't think that the seniors are going to allow that to happen because they want to win this year not next year. That would not do them anygood obviously but terps baseball has a bright future from what I saw today. It was good quality baseball and was enjoying to play and part of that has to do with the fact that it was a beatiful day for baseball.
We have twenty one innersquad games this fall and as long as they continue to build on today's solid performace than hopefully the spring will bring winning times. I would say that there was probably ten hits total by both teams but hopefully the more that we get to see live pitching the higher scoring and more interesting the games will become. The terps baseball program has been down in the past years but it does not help that the ACC is the best baseball conference in the country. So hopefully all goes well in the spring and we can win the ACC tournament. PS: Remember that I can't spell without spellcheck.
We have twenty one innersquad games this fall and as long as they continue to build on today's solid performace than hopefully the spring will bring winning times. I would say that there was probably ten hits total by both teams but hopefully the more that we get to see live pitching the higher scoring and more interesting the games will become. The terps baseball program has been down in the past years but it does not help that the ACC is the best baseball conference in the country. So hopefully all goes well in the spring and we can win the ACC tournament. PS: Remember that I can't spell without spellcheck.
Guest Speaker
Well tonight was the mandatory guest speaker and she did a very good job I think. Every athlete at the university had to attend. One benefit was that at the end we got a free t-shirt. Her main point was about imagining your goals in your life and than the steps to get there and than eventulally they can come true. One of her main stories was about when she was in high school and her and her friends attempted to steal a pumpkin. They failed misberaly and than they tried to run and had to hide in the bushes. She was a pretty good speaker but that was a horrible story which probably made it the worst part of the night. She also got four guys from the baseball team to pick this guy up over their head with just two fingers each. She used her visizuling technique that was the theme of the whole night to help the guys do it. It actually worked pretty well because the first time they didnt do it and than they did.
The best part of the whole night had to be when she sang her song that talked about getting involved in the community. She could actually sing very well and it kind of made the whole night worth it. The last part of the night that I have not talked about is when she had the entire theater close their eyes and visizualize. She like gave this setting and had you real relaxed and than told you to walk through this gate and see all of your dreams and asspirations. She said to do that everyday and it will signfintally help them come true. I think that she was a very good speaker and I am glad we got to be a part of it. PS: Remember that I can't spell.
The best part of the whole night had to be when she sang her song that talked about getting involved in the community. She could actually sing very well and it kind of made the whole night worth it. The last part of the night that I have not talked about is when she had the entire theater close their eyes and visizualize. She like gave this setting and had you real relaxed and than told you to walk through this gate and see all of your dreams and asspirations. She said to do that everyday and it will signfintally help them come true. I think that she was a very good speaker and I am glad we got to be a part of it. PS: Remember that I can't spell.
Friday, September 19, 2008
In class wring assignment
My narrative for my paper is mostly going to be about all of the crap that I hear in my classes from regular students about how athletes get the easy road. I can tell you for sure that it sucks having to get up at 530 and go lift in the morning. Than we have to go to class all day than practice and study hall. At 10:00 study hall ends and over to the dinner we go and than repeat the process. I mean yes we get alot of nice clothes and gear plus we get schedule advantages but we still have to do the same work as the rest of the students. It's not like you get a free pass in class or anything because you still have to write papers and take test just like anybody else.
I just feel that it takes a great tole on your body being a student athlete and you should deserve a few special privilages.
I just feel that it takes a great tole on your body being a student athlete and you should deserve a few special privilages.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Asian kid on Baseball team
ODD? Yea we all think so too. We have one asian on our team and his name is Matt Murakami. He always wears these mockisions and they are rather interesting looking. There have been some kids that have made fun of him but I am just waiting for all of the older kids to really make fun of him. I actually think that he is half white too and he is sitting right next to me now allowing me to write this. He is what you would call a "different" kid but I actually think he is a alright guy.
We have a wide range of personalties on the team anywhere from real quiet, to real talkative, to really angry all of the time. I think that is going to really help us this year to make us succeded because you need a little bit from everybody in order to win championships. Also remember that I can't spell and there no spell check on this thing so please forgive me. Back to our team and how we are defiently going to win the ACC this year. The team had ups and downs last year and actually won thirty games so hopefully with this new good recruiting class than we can have a really successful year. Maybe even the asian kid can pitch in and help lead us the the ACC title and possibly even a national championship.
We have a wide range of personalties on the team anywhere from real quiet, to real talkative, to really angry all of the time. I think that is going to really help us this year to make us succeded because you need a little bit from everybody in order to win championships. Also remember that I can't spell and there no spell check on this thing so please forgive me. Back to our team and how we are defiently going to win the ACC this year. The team had ups and downs last year and actually won thirty games so hopefully with this new good recruiting class than we can have a really successful year. Maybe even the asian kid can pitch in and help lead us the the ACC title and possibly even a national championship.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Late Night Dining Hall Food
Is it just me or is it the exact same thing to eat at the dining hall every single night from 9-12? The main thing is always mozz sticks and chicken wings. I have only eaten at south campus dining hall at late night but I assume that it is the same at north. I always come back from study hall and stop in there to get some food because our practice usually makes us miss dinner. I know that there are options of fruit and stuff but when you have not eaten in like 8 or 9 hours than you feel liek some meat. Than when you get there it is the same food everynight and it makes you get tired of it real quick.
My next point is that you don't really have much choice because at 10 o'clock at night there are not too many places that you can eat if any? I just know that late night is open and possibly the common shop if you just wanted to get a snack but it has extremley weird hours. They are open at all different times and somtimes they are the most random times I think that they could possibly think of. I think that the dining hall should change up the food some and they can keep the same type of stuff but just mix it up. What I mean is they can keep the snack stuff but there are way more options than just chicken wings and mozz sticks. In other words they should change there food or somebody with a kitchen could probably start making some good money if they want to serve a variety of good late night food.
My next point is that you don't really have much choice because at 10 o'clock at night there are not too many places that you can eat if any? I just know that late night is open and possibly the common shop if you just wanted to get a snack but it has extremley weird hours. They are open at all different times and somtimes they are the most random times I think that they could possibly think of. I think that the dining hall should change up the food some and they can keep the same type of stuff but just mix it up. What I mean is they can keep the snack stuff but there are way more options than just chicken wings and mozz sticks. In other words they should change there food or somebody with a kitchen could probably start making some good money if they want to serve a variety of good late night food.
Scooters
I have been looking around compass seeing a whole bunch of little scooters riding all around. It makes me so mad because I wish I had one! I think that alot of the kids that have them are upper classman and/or athletes. I have heard that they are only around 1200 dollars which I think is not that bad of an investment (only if you can get your parents to buy it for you). I completly understand why people have them becasue walking back from practice or walking back from study hall real late at night sucks really bad. Usually you are real sore and that long walk back feels like an enternity.
That also leads me to my next point of why America is so fat! If you are not an athlete than you should not have one because you need exerise! We are so lazy now days that we let technology take over our lives. I have seen real fat people riding around on them that I know that there is no way that they could be on a team. Are they really helping themselves? They are just adding to the statistics that America is ont of the fattest countries inot the fattest. All because they are too lazy to walk to the dining hall or even class. That is why I feel that scooters are good for some people but not for all of the people that I have been seeing ride them around campus.
That also leads me to my next point of why America is so fat! If you are not an athlete than you should not have one because you need exerise! We are so lazy now days that we let technology take over our lives. I have seen real fat people riding around on them that I know that there is no way that they could be on a team. Are they really helping themselves? They are just adding to the statistics that America is ont of the fattest countries inot the fattest. All because they are too lazy to walk to the dining hall or even class. That is why I feel that scooters are good for some people but not for all of the people that I have been seeing ride them around campus.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Baseball Practice
Tonight we had our first real team baseball practice. Some people would call it hard but I just enjoy being out away from school work and playing on the field. It is enjoyable even though we run every two seconds and have to bullpen a bunch of pitchers. It is just like a time to relax and get away from all of the school work. For example, we ran like two miles and than did like twenty sprints but at the end you can just stop and think atleast I am not reading a book or writing a paper. It is fun too me because atleast I feel like I am improving my self physically.
When I read I feel like I am wasting time because I am just learning a bunch of stuff that I will never need to use again. That goes for all books except for the english readings because it never hurts to know a little something about war (plus it is interesting) and you will always need to know how to write. Than there is baseball practice where you might not always need to be able to play ball but it never hurts to stay in shape. I want to be able to live the longest life possible and you enhance your chances be being physically fit. America as a whole is fat and I don't want to fit that stero type. That is why I believe baseball is much more important than reading. (Except of course English 101 reading assignments).
When I read I feel like I am wasting time because I am just learning a bunch of stuff that I will never need to use again. That goes for all books except for the english readings because it never hurts to know a little something about war (plus it is interesting) and you will always need to know how to write. Than there is baseball practice where you might not always need to be able to play ball but it never hurts to stay in shape. I want to be able to live the longest life possible and you enhance your chances be being physically fit. America as a whole is fat and I don't want to fit that stero type. That is why I believe baseball is much more important than reading. (Except of course English 101 reading assignments).
Study Hall
Hi, tonights wonderful topic that I am going to write about is this wonderful thing called study hall. It sucks really bad and it just so happens that I am in it right now. I think that this program could help if it was not about a hour walk. I live in allegany which is all the way on the end of south campus. It takes about a half hour one way and that is no exggration. It is by far the worse part of my day. Than once I am here (like tonight) it is not to bad because i can get some stuff done that needs to get done. For example, I can type blogs because it is so loud in here that it is impossible to read. If you are a student athelete here at maryland your first semenster you have to get atleast 8 hours.
My next point that I am going to talk about is this blog assignment. I am finally starting to get the hang of it. I am still not sure if you are just suppose to type random stuff like this and post it or not. Anyways I think that this assignment is so much better than having to write it even with all of the problems in the begining. The only problem is that it does not have spell check and I am a horrible speller as you can probably already tell. My paper usually looks like a christmas tree when I get done typing it because there is so many errors. So that is the only complaint that I have about this assignment now that it is working correctly.
My next point that I am going to talk about is this blog assignment. I am finally starting to get the hang of it. I am still not sure if you are just suppose to type random stuff like this and post it or not. Anyways I think that this assignment is so much better than having to write it even with all of the problems in the begining. The only problem is that it does not have spell check and I am a horrible speller as you can probably already tell. My paper usually looks like a christmas tree when I get done typing it because there is so many errors. So that is the only complaint that I have about this assignment now that it is working correctly.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Dinner
I don't reaal know what I am supposed to be writing about or if I am even suppose to be writing right now but anyways i am going too. This whole online blog assignment is really confusing me. Tonight I went to the stamp and got some chicken from Chick-f-ila after my workout. It was really good and I know this is extremely boring but I don't know what else I am suppose to talk about. I love to eat at the stamp because there is so many options and it is so much better than the dining hall. My night always consist of coming from class to practice/workout and than eating. Than unfortunally I have to go to study hall all the way in comcast. It is extremly boring and long and I don't know if any of you guys are athletes or not because you would know what I am talking about.
If anybody is bored enough to read this and want to comment than please tell me how this blog thing works. I do not know how to do anything except type in this box and than hit post. So even if you do comment I am probably not going to know how to read it. Also if anybody else out there is occuring any of these problems than please comment and tell me so I will feel a little better. That is if you know how to comment on somebody elses writing. I personally do not even know how to look at somebodys blog. Anyways the main purpose of this post was to say that the stamp food is really good so if you have not been there to eat than you should.
If anybody is bored enough to read this and want to comment than please tell me how this blog thing works. I do not know how to do anything except type in this box and than hit post. So even if you do comment I am probably not going to know how to read it. Also if anybody else out there is occuring any of these problems than please comment and tell me so I will feel a little better. That is if you know how to comment on somebody elses writing. I personally do not even know how to look at somebodys blog. Anyways the main purpose of this post was to say that the stamp food is really good so if you have not been there to eat than you should.
Monday, September 8, 2008
1.Hi my name is Tyler Bennett. I am from Preston, Maryland which is on the Eastern Shore. I went to Colonel Richardson High School. I plan to major in criminal justice while here but the main reason that I came was for baseball. I want a degree but i could get that anywhere so I came here because I was recurited.
2.I have not done much writing as you can probably tell but I did some arguemative writing in high school. I do not write very much out of class besides a grocery list.
3.I usually write a paper starting with a outline and than a rough draft following with some editing. Than at the very end I get to my final finished paper. I think that writing the rough draft is the hardest because you don't have much to work with besides some thoughts on a piece of paper.
4.I like to just write a short story or something that you make up and make it interesting and funny. I get satisfaction out of that because it something that I did on my own that a teacher did not make me do.
5.The longest paper that I have had to write was my junior year english paper it is was like 9 pages. I prepared for it by doing the most research that I could to get ready for it. I learned from that experience to not procrastnate.
6.The one and only thing that sticks out to me about being useful is the use of notecards for writing down your research. I also think that outlines are pretty useful.
7.I think I am good at staring papers but than i feel I am really bad at ending them. I think I could defiently use some help with the end of my body in the paper and than the conclusion.
8.I think I will need the most support with constructing my rough draft because that is where I feel that I struggle because just looking at a outline does not help me much.
9.I would probably write about steriods because I feel that is a very easy but popular topic to write on these days.
10.I love to argue I am just like anybody else I think I am always right. I enjoy to write papers where I can argue my point. I think arguing is just when two sides disagree and they decide their case through an argument.
2.I have not done much writing as you can probably tell but I did some arguemative writing in high school. I do not write very much out of class besides a grocery list.
3.I usually write a paper starting with a outline and than a rough draft following with some editing. Than at the very end I get to my final finished paper. I think that writing the rough draft is the hardest because you don't have much to work with besides some thoughts on a piece of paper.
4.I like to just write a short story or something that you make up and make it interesting and funny. I get satisfaction out of that because it something that I did on my own that a teacher did not make me do.
5.The longest paper that I have had to write was my junior year english paper it is was like 9 pages. I prepared for it by doing the most research that I could to get ready for it. I learned from that experience to not procrastnate.
6.The one and only thing that sticks out to me about being useful is the use of notecards for writing down your research. I also think that outlines are pretty useful.
7.I think I am good at staring papers but than i feel I am really bad at ending them. I think I could defiently use some help with the end of my body in the paper and than the conclusion.
8.I think I will need the most support with constructing my rough draft because that is where I feel that I struggle because just looking at a outline does not help me much.
9.I would probably write about steriods because I feel that is a very easy but popular topic to write on these days.
10.I love to argue I am just like anybody else I think I am always right. I enjoy to write papers where I can argue my point. I think arguing is just when two sides disagree and they decide their case through an argument.
Friday, September 5, 2008
Engaging with the Rhetoric
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Thursday, September 4, 2008
Your First Blog Assignment!
Dearest Students. Upon creating your blogs, please complete this survey/self-assessment as your first blog assignment. Please copy the survey, complete it, and post it to your blog by 11:59 PM Sunday, September 7th.Best!NatalieWriting Autobiography and Self-AssessmentINSTRUCTIONS: Please share a little about yourself as a writer. Use the questions below as “invention” questions to stimulate your thinking, and post the answers to your blog. Write in complete sentences, using as many specific details as you can recall. At the same time, write quickly, without interrupting yourself to revise. This assignment calls for an informal, personal response, so it will not be graded for grammatical correctness. However, note that you may be sharing this information with the public through your blog, so it does need to be readable and not overly personal.1. Introduce yourself briefly. Where are you from? Where have you gone to school? What educational plans brought you to the University of Maryland, and what fields of learning or potential majors interest you at this stage in your academic career?2. What kinds of writing have you done in high school? At UMD? At another college? Outside of a school setting?3. What steps do you usually follow when you write a paper? Do you outline? Revise? Compose on a word processor? What part of the writing process do you find easiest? What part do you find hardest?4. What kind of writing has given you the most satisfaction?5. What is the longest or most challenging paper you have ever had to write? How did you go about preparing and writing it? What did you learn about writing from that experience?6. What do you remember learning about writing from other courses or other writing experiences that you found useful?7. Assess your strengths and weaknesses as a writer. What are you good at? What aspects of your writing are you dissatisfied with?8. What part of the writing process do you think you will need the most support with?9. If you had your choice of subjects for a research project, what issues or topics would you like to write about?10. What do you associate with the term argument? How do you feel about taking a course that focuses on argumentation?
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Thursday, August 28, 2008
Welcome!
Hello, hello! Welcome to my blog for English 101 at the University of Maryland. If you are one of my students, please link this blog to your own blog, since I will be using this blog to post prompts, assignments, and other useful information. I'll also throw some fun stuff in here, from time to time. Let the blogging commence!
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Thursday, September 4, 2008
Your First Blog Assignment!
Dearest Students. Upon creating your blogs, please complete this survey/self-assessment as your first blog assignment. Please copy the survey, complete it, and post it to your blog by 11:59 PM Sunday, September 7th.Best!NatalieWriting Autobiography and Self-AssessmentINSTRUCTIONS: Please share a little about yourself as a writer. Use the questions below as “invention” questions to stimulate your thinking, and post the answers to your blog. Write in complete sentences, using as many specific details as you can recall. At the same time, write quickly, without interrupting yourself to revise. This assignment calls for an informal, personal response, so it will not be graded for grammatical correctness. However, note that you may be sharing this information with the public through your blog, so it does need to be readable and not overly personal.1. Introduce yourself briefly. Where are you from? Where have you gone to school? What educational plans brought you to the University of Maryland, and what fields of learning or potential majors interest you at this stage in your academic career?2. What kinds of writing have you done in high school? At UMD? At another college? Outside of a school setting?3. What steps do you usually follow when you write a paper? Do you outline? Revise? Compose on a word processor? What part of the writing process do you find easiest? What part do you find hardest?4. What kind of writing has given you the most satisfaction?5. What is the longest or most challenging paper you have ever had to write? How did you go about preparing and writing it? What did you learn about writing from that experience?6. What do you remember learning about writing from other courses or other writing experiences that you found useful?7. Assess your strengths and weaknesses as a writer. What are you good at? What aspects of your writing are you dissatisfied with?8. What part of the writing process do you think you will need the most support with?9. If you had your choice of subjects for a research project, what issues or topics would you like to write about?10. What do you associate with the term argument? How do you feel about taking a course that focuses on argumentation?
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Thursday, August 28, 2008
Welcome!
Hello, hello! Welcome to my blog for English 101 at the University of Maryland. If you are one of my students, please link this blog to your own blog, since I will be using this blog to post prompts, assignments, and other useful information. I'll also throw some fun stuff in here, from time to time. Let the blogging commence!
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