I can't believe that WRTG 150 Honors is done.
:/
bummer really.
i just want to give a shout out to Professor Elliott. possibly best instructor ever? i'm definitely feeling it :)
also. classmates. y'all are fantastic.
I guess what I really want to do right now though is reflect on this semester as a whole. the things i've learned and want to remember
1) I am a Daughter of my Heavenly Father and he loves me. So so much.
2) I can do hard things.
3) Life is sometimes mundane. It's supposed to be that way. I heard someone tell me the other day, quoted by one of the apostles maybe(?), life is like riding a train. There are going to be moments of beautiful landscapes, or times of graffitied walls, and than there are times of simply travel...but we are all just on our way back home.
4) Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured.
5) "We should involve the Savior in every aspect of our life...because he already is"
6) My life is a gift. My life has a plan. My life has a purpose, in heaven began... I will follow God's plan for me.
7) I get to choose what my life is going to look like. small decisions lead to the big
8) Listen to the prophet's and apostles. They truly are the mouthpiece of the Lord.
9) Listen to the Spirit. Strictly follow.
10) He lives.
I am grateful for the semester, and all the personal growth that it has brought for me!
I pray I never forget.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Blog #13
Well?
...Ya.
What a BLESSING it was to go to London! :)
Kind of academic suicide...but it really has been worth every sacrifice I've had to make.
The first day we got there and visited Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square and Tower Bridge. But then went to sleepies, because DANG JET LAG!
The next day we attended Windsor Castle. That mostly took up our entire day but it was so stinking fun. It was about an hour and a half outside of London, so our family hopped on a quaint little train and headed to see the Queen! haha. We spent an hour our two going through the exhibits of the castle there. Then we went to the River Thames just underneath the castle. We fed swans! haha. it was great fun. then we had dinner...oh man... it was the most adorable little restaurant I have ever seen. We sat outside surrounded by the glorious trees and flowers, looking up to the castle! We returned late that night.
The next day we went to the London temple. WOOO_HOOO. my brothers and I got to participate in baptisms there. it just made me realize JUST HOW MUCH WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE! Then we walked around the gardens there for a little bit. and then went to another quaint eating revenue. I'm telling ya. They just dot the landscape! AWH. I'm in love. haha. And for inside jokes purposes: GIANT OATY NOBBLY. :) Then we went and viewed the "essentials". Big Ben, Parliament, the London Eye. TOO MUCH FUN.
Saturday we filmed with my papa at the St. Luke's Cathedral. My my it was beautiful... We just got to sit there, listening to a beautiful choir fill the empty spaces of that beautiful cathedral. AND? I met my childhood rolemodel. WENDY. From peter pan. It was so stinking intimidating, meeting the girl I wished I could be for so many years. Super cool though! And that night we went to Wicked. Love that show!
Sunday we played it more layed back and just went to the countryside. We saw stonehenge! but really just enjoyed the countryside, namely salisbury. It may have been one of my favorite days. Just gathered at a park, with my family, of which i love more than ANYTHING ON EARTH. :) Yup. Salisbury was beautiful.
But ya! There was my slight itinerary.
Really though? The thing that I loved the most while I was there? MY FAMILY :)
...Ya.
What a BLESSING it was to go to London! :)
Kind of academic suicide...but it really has been worth every sacrifice I've had to make.
The first day we got there and visited Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square and Tower Bridge. But then went to sleepies, because DANG JET LAG!
The next day we attended Windsor Castle. That mostly took up our entire day but it was so stinking fun. It was about an hour and a half outside of London, so our family hopped on a quaint little train and headed to see the Queen! haha. We spent an hour our two going through the exhibits of the castle there. Then we went to the River Thames just underneath the castle. We fed swans! haha. it was great fun. then we had dinner...oh man... it was the most adorable little restaurant I have ever seen. We sat outside surrounded by the glorious trees and flowers, looking up to the castle! We returned late that night.
The next day we went to the London temple. WOOO_HOOO. my brothers and I got to participate in baptisms there. it just made me realize JUST HOW MUCH WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE! Then we walked around the gardens there for a little bit. and then went to another quaint eating revenue. I'm telling ya. They just dot the landscape! AWH. I'm in love. haha. And for inside jokes purposes: GIANT OATY NOBBLY. :) Then we went and viewed the "essentials". Big Ben, Parliament, the London Eye. TOO MUCH FUN.
Saturday we filmed with my papa at the St. Luke's Cathedral. My my it was beautiful... We just got to sit there, listening to a beautiful choir fill the empty spaces of that beautiful cathedral. AND? I met my childhood rolemodel. WENDY. From peter pan. It was so stinking intimidating, meeting the girl I wished I could be for so many years. Super cool though! And that night we went to Wicked. Love that show!
Sunday we played it more layed back and just went to the countryside. We saw stonehenge! but really just enjoyed the countryside, namely salisbury. It may have been one of my favorite days. Just gathered at a park, with my family, of which i love more than ANYTHING ON EARTH. :) Yup. Salisbury was beautiful.
But ya! There was my slight itinerary.
Really though? The thing that I loved the most while I was there? MY FAMILY :)
Blog #12. Jessica=1 Personal Demon=0
My issues paper went pretty well in the end :) I couldn't be happier!
At this point I would like to share my brief history of... DUN DUN DUN... research papers.
In high school I had a writing teacher who really didn't favor me. It was unfortunate enough that he disliked me at the start, but then it was even worse when I gave him reason to. Let me explain.
During the final months of the class I was taking from him, I found myself very consumed in the school production I was involved in. This was right around the time that we were beginning research for our papers. I found myself waking up in the morning, going to school, coming home, showering, eating food, heading back to the school to do my hair and make-up, PERFORM, and then come home and attempt any homework into the late night hours. Needless to say, there were days my homework wasn't very good, and there were days more homework wasn't very, done. He knew my situation and tried to work with me, because I literally had NO time. But it was just kind of an awkward position for everybody.
Once the play was finished I found myself very much involved in my studies, unfortunately, I had fallen a little bit behind in my writing class.
It was kind of forced procrastination if you ask me.
ANYWAYS. in the end, i did poorly on my research paper. I felt like my teacher didn't give me any good reasons as to why I had receive the grade I did, and so I made the judgment call, "I must be a bad writer". I believe it too.
So, approaching our research projects for WRTG 150 Honors.....Oh ya, i was scared out of my mind. But guess what? I was determined! Determined to prove to my previous writing teacher, my parents, my friends, but really all in all to prove to myself that I COULD WRITE.
Well folks? I CAN WRITE.
If I put my mind to it, work hard, and give myself sufficient amounts of time, I CAN WRITE.
(Jess? You can do it. =] )
Scoreboard? Jessica 1 Personal Demon 0.
At this point I would like to share my brief history of... DUN DUN DUN... research papers.
In high school I had a writing teacher who really didn't favor me. It was unfortunate enough that he disliked me at the start, but then it was even worse when I gave him reason to. Let me explain.
During the final months of the class I was taking from him, I found myself very consumed in the school production I was involved in. This was right around the time that we were beginning research for our papers. I found myself waking up in the morning, going to school, coming home, showering, eating food, heading back to the school to do my hair and make-up, PERFORM, and then come home and attempt any homework into the late night hours. Needless to say, there were days my homework wasn't very good, and there were days more homework wasn't very, done. He knew my situation and tried to work with me, because I literally had NO time. But it was just kind of an awkward position for everybody.
Once the play was finished I found myself very much involved in my studies, unfortunately, I had fallen a little bit behind in my writing class.
It was kind of forced procrastination if you ask me.
ANYWAYS. in the end, i did poorly on my research paper. I felt like my teacher didn't give me any good reasons as to why I had receive the grade I did, and so I made the judgment call, "I must be a bad writer". I believe it too.
So, approaching our research projects for WRTG 150 Honors.....Oh ya, i was scared out of my mind. But guess what? I was determined! Determined to prove to my previous writing teacher, my parents, my friends, but really all in all to prove to myself that I COULD WRITE.
Well folks? I CAN WRITE.
If I put my mind to it, work hard, and give myself sufficient amounts of time, I CAN WRITE.
(Jess? You can do it. =] )
Scoreboard? Jessica 1 Personal Demon 0.
Monday, March 5, 2012
Blog #11
I just want to start out saying… there is only one thing better than a good weekend after a stressful week.
And that is a good weekend after a couple of stressful weeks.
Huzzah for the Weekend!
This last weekend was much needed.
(spring break would be nice too…BYU. But we wont get into that. I’m over it. Ha)
ANYWAY.
About my paper?
I am feeling pretty good! I feel like my topic is engaging, materials should be pretty accessible, and hopefully I have learned my lessons from research papers past (enough that I will give myself time to write my thoughts well).
Procrastination? It’s not gonna happen this time. WoooooHoooooo.
I am a little worried about coming up with my thesis statement though. I feel like it is such a huge topic, but narrowing it down at all really limits the content I can work with <<ISSUE. It’s going to be a fine line to contemplate the next few days as I work up my thesis statement.
These are some of the things I want to include in my paper: I want to write about what developmental patterns are happening in that general age group. What is happening cognitively? Socially? Physically? Etc. I also want to write about the negative impact that environment can make during that stage, such as problems with distorted body image, eating disorders, low self esteem, competitiveness, and other common issues among teenage girls. Do you think it is possible to include all of that? Is it too broad?
Well. I’ve started looking for some information. The first thing I did was went to my Child Development teacher and asked her for some guidance in where to look for text. She gave me some contact numbers for other members in the department, and hopefully I will get a lot of help from those professors. I plan on meeting with them and getting some books, articles, studies, etc.
Otherwise, I haven’t researched more than that. I obviously have some work to do.
I’ll get to it. :)
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Blog #10
Child Beauty Pageants:
Though some people agree that child beauty pageants are acceptable, I personally believe that they are a huge portion of the issues girls face in their teens, and are more detrimental to the health of the youth in our nation then helpful.
So why were they started? And how come they have become such a big thing? You know, if they are “so wrong.” Some argue that beauty pageants for children build a sense of discipline, patience and confidence because of the level at which most these little girls have to compete. They also argue that is instills in a lot of the girls a love for charity, because most pageants are involved with the community through donations and outreach. They also argue that they teach the girls to focus on education, because the winners are not only given prizes but scholarships as well.
I personally have to disagree.
In my paper I plan on focusing on all of the social problems teenage girls are faced with today that may in fact stem from this early exposure to glitz and glamour. Anorexia, Bulimia, other eating disorders, distorted body shapes, competitiveness between girls, and other maybe less obvious issues. I plan to prove the correlation by researching the human development of what is occurring in those young girls through these pageants. Developmentally, these girls are forming personality, standards, and placing their sense of worth. If in the early years, all that is focused on is their beauty, well then OF COURSE we are going to end up with girls with problems. The affects also reach girls who are not participating in the pageants, because of their association with the girls who do. They feel compared to, less beautiful, and begin placing their values on less important features too.
I am interested to research more into the history of the beauty pageant in hopes with recognizing it’s original intent. I am also interested to research the counter argument more in depth, it is a side I currently disagree with quite whole-heartedly, because I don’t really understand how anyone could think they were good. Maybe they really aren’t—and simply a form of entertainment and fulfillment for the parents. Who knows? At least in the end I will have research to defend my argument, whichever way it may sway (more ok with the idea, or even less, haha).
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/child-beauty-pageants-pros-and-cons.html
Monday, February 27, 2012
Blog #9
Well? I am actually pleased with how my paper turned out. I think.
Can I just say? That writing center is my new best friend. I loved working with the mentors there to improve and tweak the small things.
My biggest concern is that I will not have improved the weak spots as affectively as I could portray them through vocalizing the argument. The arguments in themselves ended up a lot stronger than they had previously been, and i think it was a really driving topic.... I hope I did well writing them down on paper.
Awhh well. What a relief it's over. :)
Can I just say? That writing center is my new best friend. I loved working with the mentors there to improve and tweak the small things.
My biggest concern is that I will not have improved the weak spots as affectively as I could portray them through vocalizing the argument. The arguments in themselves ended up a lot stronger than they had previously been, and i think it was a really driving topic.... I hope I did well writing them down on paper.
Awhh well. What a relief it's over. :)
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Blog #8
Thoughts on my Analysis:
Well?
Well?
Analyzing is great.
Writing about analyzing is not.
I am having a hard time express the things I’m thinking. I can see a specific example, and I can recognize why it works, but I am having a hard time vocalizing it through written text.
Wish. Me. Luck.
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