BLOG 7
Topic:
For my research project I am interested in the idea of texting verses talking to someone in person, and the way so much can be misinterpreted and emotions are either seen as a negative or positive when they are the complete opposite.
Questions relating to my topic:
Have you ever had any issues with texting?
Has someone taking something you said in the wrong context?
What do you like better about texting/ or talking to someone face to face?
Were any of your relationships affected by a text someone took the wrong way?
In order to answer these questions I need to:
Find a connection between the positive and negative aspects of texting
Find some problems that have arrived due to texting someone rather then having a conversation face to face, where emotions can be seen rather then assumed.
This topic is something that I am greatly interested in pursuing for my research project, I am a huge "texter" and I myself have had many instances where things have been misconstrued due to texting rather then speaking to the other person face to face.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Monday, September 24, 2012
BLOG 6
I chose to to look closely at the literacy narrative we received on the hand-out. I posed the question to myself, which had a stronger impact, negative or positive influences?
The writer of this narrative has over come many obstacles, with being a bad marriage and then having her children to tend to while also attending college.
She mentions, "So i stopped the voices of doubt in my head. I didn't let them go any further. I didn't let them touch that part of me that can't be changed" It seems to be that she would take the negative aspects of her life and use them to push her further.
When she told her parents about the change in her life she was given negative feedback, and looks of disappointment. This did not force her to give up, I think it only pushed her to keep going, and prove to them she could handle motherhood and also being a student. She mentions that her father " saw her lack of seriousness, my silliness, as a sing of stupidity" .
* family played a great influence in this narrative, both positive and negatively, it appears in most of the cases she was able to play off the negative aspects and turn them into positives by never giving up , and continuing her education while being a mother.
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Some of the aspects of this post that I would change/add to, would be going through the analysis and find more factors that contribute to the writers life. In class I was definitely able to finally see and understand much more clearly what I need to do. I would set up a particular focus that pertains to my question , which had a stronger impact, negative or positive influences? I would go back and make a list of the specific details which could used as examples to support my question, and eventually give an answer to it.
Organization is key to the success of analyzing this narrative, therefore having all the facts in an orderly fashion would help me to tie everything together, and help the readers of my post understand what I am trying to prove, and answer to my posed question.
The in class review and the sample that was provided to us to grade and decide if we thought the approach and set up was done in a positive or a negative way, was a lot of help to me, I feel now that I have a stronger grasp on what I need to do in order to pull apart and extract important and unimportant facts from a narrative.
I chose to to look closely at the literacy narrative we received on the hand-out. I posed the question to myself, which had a stronger impact, negative or positive influences?
The writer of this narrative has over come many obstacles, with being a bad marriage and then having her children to tend to while also attending college.
She mentions, "So i stopped the voices of doubt in my head. I didn't let them go any further. I didn't let them touch that part of me that can't be changed" It seems to be that she would take the negative aspects of her life and use them to push her further.
When she told her parents about the change in her life she was given negative feedback, and looks of disappointment. This did not force her to give up, I think it only pushed her to keep going, and prove to them she could handle motherhood and also being a student. She mentions that her father " saw her lack of seriousness, my silliness, as a sing of stupidity" .
* family played a great influence in this narrative, both positive and negatively, it appears in most of the cases she was able to play off the negative aspects and turn them into positives by never giving up , and continuing her education while being a mother.
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Some of the aspects of this post that I would change/add to, would be going through the analysis and find more factors that contribute to the writers life. In class I was definitely able to finally see and understand much more clearly what I need to do. I would set up a particular focus that pertains to my question , which had a stronger impact, negative or positive influences? I would go back and make a list of the specific details which could used as examples to support my question, and eventually give an answer to it.
Organization is key to the success of analyzing this narrative, therefore having all the facts in an orderly fashion would help me to tie everything together, and help the readers of my post understand what I am trying to prove, and answer to my posed question.
The in class review and the sample that was provided to us to grade and decide if we thought the approach and set up was done in a positive or a negative way, was a lot of help to me, I feel now that I have a stronger grasp on what I need to do in order to pull apart and extract important and unimportant facts from a narrative.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
BLOG 5
Shaggy Dog Stories
I feel the class will rank the second set of shaggy dog stories in the following order:
#1 - will take first place, the phrase we can connect to being " nope I'm a frayed knot". I was waiting for the joke throughout the beginning of the continuous similar sentences, then got to the end and was laughing out loud.
#4 Connection to the "Czech was in the male" was quite comical, not hard to analyze and was straight forward.
#3 Found no connection to this onc, which in turn makes it not funny and difficult to understand at first, until I re read this, I feel some people will agree with me.
#2 "no plate like chrome for the hollandaise" I feel the class will feel a connection to this, especially mostly all knowing the phrase, there's no place like home for the holidays.
Shaggy Dog Stories
I feel the class will rank the second set of shaggy dog stories in the following order:
#1 - will take first place, the phrase we can connect to being " nope I'm a frayed knot". I was waiting for the joke throughout the beginning of the continuous similar sentences, then got to the end and was laughing out loud.
#4 Connection to the "Czech was in the male" was quite comical, not hard to analyze and was straight forward.
#3 Found no connection to this onc, which in turn makes it not funny and difficult to understand at first, until I re read this, I feel some people will agree with me.
#2 "no plate like chrome for the hollandaise" I feel the class will feel a connection to this, especially mostly all knowing the phrase, there's no place like home for the holidays.
Monday, September 17, 2012
BLOG 4
I decided to analyze my interview on 9/11, the following is my blog from the 9/11 interview.
The pattern that I noticed in my interview was a lot of interpretation, telling what happened, such as telling exactly what happened, I think sometimes I may give too many details. There were points when I felt an emotion, especially realizing that we were both fortunate enough to have no one close to us involved in the tragedy. I would label that as the observation part of the interview.
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9/18/12
After the class discussion on Tuesday, I was able to grasp the concept of coding and categorizing emotions with a much stronger understanding. I feel now I can see the different emotions in mine and my classmates interviews, I am now able to classify them better. I do still need to work on the hypothesis portion of analysis, but I am in a stronger place then I was in the beginning of this lesson.
I decided to analyze my interview on 9/11, the following is my blog from the 9/11 interview.
I began my interview with Valerie by introducing myself to her, and
giving her a short background on my memories of Sept. 11th. I began by
asking her how old she was, and what grade she was in when this day
occurred. I found out the location of her school to the city, and
proceeded to ask her how her school handled the situation. She advised
me that the staff told the students what had happened,but no one was
completely sure of all the details at that time, and certainly did not
think it was terrorist related at first. Her school brought the classes
to an assembly to explain more closely what was going on as details were
coming in, also most of all the students were picked up early from
school that day, either by parents or close relatives. I asked her if
any one close to her family was involved, thankfully she said no one
was, only that her father was working in the city at the time, and had
to find a way out of the city, because all the trains, buses, and
subways were suspended. I realize there was an age difference between
Valerie and I, so I asked her if in high school how much mention of 9/11
was discussed and how much was published in the history books in her
school, she said that it was definitely in their textbooks, and teachers
would discuss the event but no go into anything too deeply. ( This statement would be categorized as an observation of the slight age difference between us.)
The interview went very well, and we proceeded to discuss each of our feeling on 9/11 and also the security measures that we see today, and how we do feel there should be maybe stricter measures taken to prevent further devastation from occurring. ( I would label this as an evaluation, I am giving some feedback on how the interview went).
The interview went very well, and we proceeded to discuss each of our feeling on 9/11 and also the security measures that we see today, and how we do feel there should be maybe stricter measures taken to prevent further devastation from occurring. ( I would label this as an evaluation, I am giving some feedback on how the interview went).
The pattern that I noticed in my interview was a lot of interpretation, telling what happened, such as telling exactly what happened, I think sometimes I may give too many details. There were points when I felt an emotion, especially realizing that we were both fortunate enough to have no one close to us involved in the tragedy. I would label that as the observation part of the interview.
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9/18/12
After the class discussion on Tuesday, I was able to grasp the concept of coding and categorizing emotions with a much stronger understanding. I feel now I can see the different emotions in mine and my classmates interviews, I am now able to classify them better. I do still need to work on the hypothesis portion of analysis, but I am in a stronger place then I was in the beginning of this lesson.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
BLOG # 3
Interviewer: Rachel
Subject: Valerie
The purpose of oral history to me is to express the worlds past events, and always be reminded of history and the past. People may have different variations of a particular event that may completely different then your idea or memory.
Where were you on Sept. 11th?
I began my interview with Valerie by introducing myself to her, and giving her a short background on my memories of Sept. 11th. I began by asking her how old she was, and what grade she was in when this day occurred. I found out the location of her school to the city, and proceeded to ask her how her school handled the situation. She advised me that the staff told the students what had happened,but no one was completely sure of all the details at that time, and certainly did not think it was terrorist related at first. Her school brought the classes to an assembly to explain more closely what was going on as details were coming in, also most of all the students were picked up early from school that day, either by parents or close relatives. I asked her if any one close to her family was involved, thankfully she said no one was, only that her father was working in the city at the time, and had to find a way out of the city, because all the trains, buses, and subways were suspended. I realize there was an age difference between Valerie and I, so I asked her if in high school how much mention of 9/11 was discussed and how much was published in the history books in her school, she said that it was definitely in their textbooks, and teachers would discuss the event but no go into anything too deeply.
The interview went very well, and we proceeded to discuss each of our feeling on 9/11 and also the security measures that we see today, and how we do feel there should be maybe stricter measures taken to prevent further devastation from occurring.
Interviewer: Rachel
Subject: Valerie
The purpose of oral history to me is to express the worlds past events, and always be reminded of history and the past. People may have different variations of a particular event that may completely different then your idea or memory.
Where were you on Sept. 11th?
I began my interview with Valerie by introducing myself to her, and giving her a short background on my memories of Sept. 11th. I began by asking her how old she was, and what grade she was in when this day occurred. I found out the location of her school to the city, and proceeded to ask her how her school handled the situation. She advised me that the staff told the students what had happened,but no one was completely sure of all the details at that time, and certainly did not think it was terrorist related at first. Her school brought the classes to an assembly to explain more closely what was going on as details were coming in, also most of all the students were picked up early from school that day, either by parents or close relatives. I asked her if any one close to her family was involved, thankfully she said no one was, only that her father was working in the city at the time, and had to find a way out of the city, because all the trains, buses, and subways were suspended. I realize there was an age difference between Valerie and I, so I asked her if in high school how much mention of 9/11 was discussed and how much was published in the history books in her school, she said that it was definitely in their textbooks, and teachers would discuss the event but no go into anything too deeply.
The interview went very well, and we proceeded to discuss each of our feeling on 9/11 and also the security measures that we see today, and how we do feel there should be maybe stricter measures taken to prevent further devastation from occurring.
Sunday, September 9, 2012
9/9/12
BLOG 2
What is analysis?
In my own words analysis means to go over something to the point where you try to find its meaning. You may break the subject or object apart to find something out. You can also use it for comparison between two or more things, such as analyzing a vehicle that you may want to purchase, you will need to analyze the prices, gas mileage, and the size of vehicle. This is just one type of situation we may need to analyze.
I would use a type of analysis to compare the subject I am interested in, which is the idea of texting compared to talking to someone face to face. I will need to gather information and comparisons for both sides, both the negative and the positive effects this idea will have on its subjects. I will have to further research this to find out more.
BLOG 2
What is analysis?
In my own words analysis means to go over something to the point where you try to find its meaning. You may break the subject or object apart to find something out. You can also use it for comparison between two or more things, such as analyzing a vehicle that you may want to purchase, you will need to analyze the prices, gas mileage, and the size of vehicle. This is just one type of situation we may need to analyze.
I would use a type of analysis to compare the subject I am interested in, which is the idea of texting compared to talking to someone face to face. I will need to gather information and comparisons for both sides, both the negative and the positive effects this idea will have on its subjects. I will have to further research this to find out more.
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
9/5/2012
BLOG 1
The type of research that I feel people do in English and writing studies seems to cover the analysis of language and the types of ways people interpret different words, and their meanings. We as humans seem to interpret some words and sentences in many different ways, even if they have only one meaning, We also seem to have a great miscommunication with our own words, especially with how freely we throw particular language and even vulgarity out there, whether it be on the computer or through a cell phone, I feel that there are really no real emotions being seen anymore with so much communication being done through text messages.
I am not quite sure what types of research I am interested in yet, but I am trying to throw around ideas in my head, now that I brought up the texting/ communication problems, especially in my life, all I do is text my friends and family I very rarely call anyone anymore, and now that I am looking at that from the outside, I think that may a problem in my life. Words may get misconstrued and emotions do not come across as well in text as they do possibly over the phone or face to face. This may be something I would like to research further, the idea of emotions through texting/internet compared to over the phone where you are able to hear that persons emotions or even better face to face.
BLOG 1
The type of research that I feel people do in English and writing studies seems to cover the analysis of language and the types of ways people interpret different words, and their meanings. We as humans seem to interpret some words and sentences in many different ways, even if they have only one meaning, We also seem to have a great miscommunication with our own words, especially with how freely we throw particular language and even vulgarity out there, whether it be on the computer or through a cell phone, I feel that there are really no real emotions being seen anymore with so much communication being done through text messages.
I am not quite sure what types of research I am interested in yet, but I am trying to throw around ideas in my head, now that I brought up the texting/ communication problems, especially in my life, all I do is text my friends and family I very rarely call anyone anymore, and now that I am looking at that from the outside, I think that may a problem in my life. Words may get misconstrued and emotions do not come across as well in text as they do possibly over the phone or face to face. This may be something I would like to research further, the idea of emotions through texting/internet compared to over the phone where you are able to hear that persons emotions or even better face to face.
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