Blog 4

I did my first article on "Brazilian Obesity: The Big Girl from Ipanema"
In this article it talks about how people that live in Brazil are getting bigger and are suffering from obesity more and more. They quote, "Obesity among women had stabilized in previous studies, and now there is an expressive increase," says Deborah Malta.
Its says some 13% of Brazilian adults are obese. Even tho Brazilians are getting fatter they are eating less red meat and more fruits and vegetabels. But the are using less sunscreen and drinking more. I beleive that this is because they are partying too much haha, drinking too much will get you to gain weight. It happened to my grandpa.

The second one I did was " Colleges scan Facebook during admissions."
This article talks about how colleges look up your information on the internet to see who you truley are. I believe that its ok for them to check facebook. If you post something online you are letting anybody who wants to see it see it. Its not privte online. It can be read by anybody all over the world. I believe that it is smart that the colleges look at there facebooks and myspaces because it lets them know if this is the type of person they want coming into there college

Blog 3: Bad Grade

Hey Amanda,
I just got out of class and I got the worst grade ever. This teacher is horrible. She has no idea how to teach a class. I never get enough study time. It's like she doesn't know I have other classes to study for. She is one of those teachers who enjoys making your life ridiculously complicated. No wonder nobody has ever passed her class. I followed her guidelines to a tee, and she still found a way to bring me down. She makes us write in a way that nobody understands. I swear it's like a foreign language. I do have a job you know. I can't balance her stupid teaching tactics, my job, studying, homework, and sleep. Okay, who in thier right mind gives 1000 word blogs?! I'm going to fail the class if I can't figure out her ancient writing strategies. She's so old, Jesus was in her youth group. I'm thinking about dropping the class so I don't lower my G.P.A. At least my math teacher is really good. She's so nice and I can actually see myself learning in her class. Amanda. I take notes. Steven Collins, takes notes in her class. She's like the polar opposite of this teacher. I mean, what if my family sees that grade. I'll be like, permanently shunned. If I make it out of this class alive, I should get my freaking diploma. Because seriously, I feel like i'm on survivor. I wonder who's next to be voted off her twisted little island next. I asked everyone in my class if they understood her rules and everyone said they couldn't. The woman is insane. SHE probably couldn't pass her class. The guy next to me has everything riding on this diploma. She needs to think about some things before she marks them up on that dirty little whiteboard she has all the assignments on. I don't know dude. I just hope I get through this class. Well I gotta go study. Wish me luck.


See ya,
Steve-o

My writing process

The way to start my writing process, I really don't know. I have always procrastinated before I would get started. I always look to hang out with friends, eat, or watch some TV before I start. When I am about to start writing I must first make sure my desk is cleaned off with three very sharp pencils and a clean sheet of paper. Then I make sure I use the restroom before so I wont have to stop my brainstorming process. When I brainstorm I must first write down a few topics I can write about in my paper. Next I fill out a chart that has smaller subjects within the topics I wrote down. Then I start to write my introduction paragraph and I will write a couple of them and pick the best one out of the few I wrote. Then I will start to write my paragraphs using the topics I wrote down earlier. Filling in the little gaps as I write and continue writing about whatever discussion I am writing about. After i complete my rough draft I have one of my friends read it and have them fill me in on some confusing spots of my paper. After that I go and rewrite my paper and add in extra detail and try to get rid of the cookie cutter parts of my paper. After I finish I have my friend reread it to see if I have anymore mistakes. This will come to my final step and final draft of my paper where I will ether rewrite it very nice a neat or type it on the computer and turn it into the teacher.

How do you use technology in your world?

I use technology every day, wether im using my cell phone to talk or text one of my friends, or to surf the web to find different subjects. Technology is our future. It will change the way we live forever. Technology helps us find out where to go or how to get to our destination by using a gps system. This is in case you get lost and cant find your way to or from where you are or where you are going. When we use technology we can find cures to illnesses and find new medications to take to slow down aging.