i'm so greatful that i chose to take this class.it has taught me how to evaluate and understand what i'm reading. before this class i had problems understanding what i read, at times i  would get very aggrevated and impatient when reading. now for an example, if i come across words that i do not understand , my dictionary is by my side, i'm fully ready to look up the word . because of this class my vocalbulary has improved tremendously. it has always been for me to broaden my vocalbulary. i can't believe how it has help me in my speech class. doing speeches has help me to outline and get the best out of what i'm reading.it's because of reading that i'm able to identify main ideas and supporting ideas, which has assist. me in wrting and organinzing  better speeches. learning is such fun .reading has open another door for me in terms of better expressing myself on my job and with my peers. i plan to con tinue with another section in reading for the coming spring semester. i'm thankful for mrs. burrus who so clearly lectured in this class and made reading less of a hassle. i blogged how i use to speed read because of no patient and no interest actually, but now i sort of look forward to reading articles, books etc. i not promising that i will become an avid reader but hopefully i will be better able to express my thoughts on thing that i will surely read from time to time. mrs. burrus i'm very appreciative for this semester.   

MY ARGUMENT

"Should dissing the President of the United States mean you're discharged ?

Yes Yes most definitely; anyone  who serves in the military should know that the President of The United States is The Commander in Cheif  he's the head. service men owe respect to to their leader. U.S. Marine Gary  Stein called President Obama a coward and a enemy. He vowed not to salute him and when you think that's all he said he wouldn"t follow  presidental orders he considered illegal. !! i beg his pardon !! that's his opnion about what's illegal and whats not . Freedom speech is a right and important but disrespecting the President of the U.S. in that way deserve dismissal.The American civil liberties is defending him but the marine will fight to win their decision , for the simple fact that's an strict order to ! always follow commnader in cheif and never ever speak politics publicly !.

"THE BYSTANDER EFFECT "

Leaving for school a few weeks ago  i noticed  the people that live across the street, called the police. i didn't have time to check to see what happen. doing the next week i went across the street and ask what happen. she shared with me that a few kids from school threw a large rock through her back window of her mini van. i felt very bad for her because she's elderly, can't speak english and the majority of the kids that passes her house everyday are mostly black kids that always seem like a problem.i noticed the kids from that day on if i happen to be outside. several days passed, i noticed one day some kids bullying the neighors children. i was the only one outside and i sort turn my head and refuse to investigate the problem because i'm afraid of the mind set of these children. i have heard many horror stories of people getting invovled in situations such as this, i realized that no one else was outside but me so i decided to not interfere because after all i was not sure if they were really playing a bully or just playing around. Every friday i have yard sales. on one particular friday i befreinded two sisters who along with their mother frequently visited the yard sales. from that day on they would stop by to give me a hug on fridays. as time pass i began to notice a change in the oldest sibling i wondered what happen to her,then i found out that she was one of the kids who threw the rock and she was with the others who  seemingly was doing the bullying. i began to look forward to seeing her because i wanted to ask her about the incidents but she stopped coming by. months passed , then one day as i was talking with some clients outside, here come the children from school, as that approach the neighbors truck they immediately jumped on the truck and began to jump up and down on the truck as though they were possessed with some kind of demon. i started running across the street shouting "what is wrong with yall get off these people truck " they looked at me as though they were ready to jump on me but at this time other people came over to assit me. if i was outside alone i never would have tried that. i  don't know if this is consisdered the "the bystander effect " but i was a bystander for a long time because these children did a plenty destructive things  that  now that i think of it, something should have been done a long time ago. i also found out that others would look through their windows at these children but refuse to get involved but that particular day i just refuse to be just a  bystander.            

  " standing your ground" article from  wall street journal , fox news columnist juan williams states that black america needs to get out of the rut of replacing racial injustices of the past. He went on to say where is the march against the drug dealers who prey on black young men ? Where is the march against  schools , with 50% drop out rate for black teenaged boys? Where are the marches against the cable  companies that shows constantly offering minstrel-shows images of black youth as rappers and comedians who don"t value education ,dismiss the importance of marriage , and celebrate killing people,drug money and jailhouse fashion. I could not believe he made those statements . You cannot compare what happen to trayvon martin, with some of those truths. I agree with the mesage but this is the wrong message at the wrong time. Racial profiling has and  always will be. It is WRONG. It does not matter whether you are oprah winfrey , trying to enter a boutique in england and obviously wanting to spend big big bucks  or tyler perry  being stopped by law enforcement for no reasonable reason, but when they discovered who he was,they let him go. We have no right to assume that because i'm black that i am up to no good. 

 i'm behind in my reading class. Today i'm trying to catch up. being a procrastinator has been a big part of my life; but i've learned that i'm the one who suffers in the long run. math 125 homework has talk me a valuable lesson never put things off. you can't take up until 3 and 4 am doing homework especially if you"re 60 years old. for the past few weeks i was soo stressed until i felt like giving up. i decided to pull it together by coming to terms with the fact that all this i'm suffering right now is my fault and i can do better by making better choices.

My Reading History