I feel as though my Exploring Subcultures paper is the best paper I have written. Because it was at the beginning of the semester I had a lot of motivation and worked really hard on it. I also had a lot of things to write about because I am passionate about the subculture. I also managed my time a lot better and worked really hard on the rough draft so when I got comments back i was able to change the rough draft and make the final draft almost perfect. I feel as though the topic was fresh and I could have gone on and on about it. At this point in the semester I feel a little exhausted by my topic. I also feel like whenever I am writing I am constantly repeating myself. But at that point everything I was saying was new and fresh. I am also really horrible at doing sources and stuff like that and that paper didn’t require sources.
I plan to structure my mini ethnography in a very simplistic way. I plan to begin by introducing the subculture in a creative manner. This will spike people's interest and make them want to read the rest of the ethnography. After I introduce my topic I plan to create sections with very basic titles and themes. I will order them in a logical manner so the reader will first learn about the subculture, and then I will go into more depth. I really liked how the person who wrote the mini ethnography on tattooing organized their information. When I read it, it made sense. I also liked how they had simple titles that told the reader exactly what the section was about. Although the creative titles are clever and interesting they sometimes don't tell the reader exactly what the section is about. While doing this I must answer every question posed... I want my readers to walk away feeling like they have learned something about my subculture.
Considering I am a student teacher in my field site I have spent a lot of time observing. Therefore I have had a lot of really great experiences. I think my most memorable experience when I was asked to teach my first lesson. I was working with a small group. There were 3 students myself, and the teacher. I was so nervous even though I had taught the teachers lesson a million times! In my head I knew I should be a pro by now but it was the fact that it was MY lesson! Also the fact that the teacher was sitting right there writing down nearly everything I said! So when it finally got time to do the lesson I slowly pulled the three students to a secluded table. I saw that one student was already getting upset and I wondered what I was getting myself into... I sat down and started the lesson. At this point the water works came from the upset student. He was upset because he wanted to do his word wall! I was so confused he would rather do his word wall than my lesson with STARBURSTS! I mean come on, candy normally gets every student to pay attention! Nope not this one, oh the joys of autism. So I just decided to do my first lesson ever as I planned and pretend like there wasn't a screaming crying kid. I somehow managed to get him and the other two students through the lesson with minor issues. The students all did their homework and returned them within the next two days! I also ended up with a A+ on the assignment! I was so excited that I managed to work through the road block of the crying student. I am sure I will never forget the crying student in my first ever lesson plan.
"Writing is allowing the world to read your mind" You can tell a lot about the way a person thinks, acts, and what they value by the way they write. Things that you may not be able to tell by having an everyday conversation.
I am definitely a Charlie Brown. Although I am decent at it, and it is easy for me to do I hate writing. Therefore I put every writing assignment off until the last minute. By doing this I feel like I put a lot more emotion and personal thoughts into my writing because those are easier to write than factual information.
My grandpa was born in 1930 in a pretty rough area of town. Him and his friends made up a gang called the "Valley Boys" they were constantly fighting the "Hill Toppers". When my grandpa was about 16 he got into a fight on the street with one of the "Hill Toppers". Little did he know, this fight would change the rest of his life. A boxing recruiter was standing by and saw potential in my grandpa's boxing. The recruiter came up to my grandpa and asked if he would like to fight professionally. At 16 my grandpa said sure. He went into a club and fought after school. Pretty soon he turned professional. Much like today you can't be a professional in anything and also be involved in school sports. So my grandpa got caught. After he was caught doing both he dropped out of high school. For the next few years my grandpa fought a lot professionally. He ended up being the lightweight champion of Indiana. At the peak of his career he was recruited to fight in the Korean War. When he came back from the war he tried to get back into fighting but he was just not as good as he used to be. So he retired from boxing and moved on to work at Allison's doing something he always said "someone with a much higher education should have been doing". He claims the reason he was hired was because the person hiring had seen him box before and was impressed. I heard this story multiple times growing up from him. I was also told this story by my father. My grandfather developed Alzheimer's disease. After he got into the pretty severe stages of Alzheimer's I started hearing the story a lot more. He was so proud to wear his rings and call himself a boxer. My cousin looked online and found my grandpa's fighting record for my grandpa's birthday my cousin had the record printed out and blown up. My grandpa really enjoyed looking at the poster.
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