January 27, 2010 ENG 102 BLOG

This week we were suppose to get ready to start Project 1. Our blog this week dealt with the insight game. When I started playing the game I could definetely see the difference on both sides of the card. The first set of cards kinda surprised me. I see myself as a decently outgoing guy, but when I saw those cards, it showed me that I am not as outgoing as I had thought. The second set of cards showed me that im more logical and I like to create and inspire new ideas. This category did not suprise me at all. The third category was an absolute sweep I had all my cards in one pile. It showed that I make personal decision for myself and I don't let my emotions decide my outcome. It seemed kinda cold that I was more sensitive and emotional in this category. The last category showed me that I do like to orgainze things and have a schedule, and that time is a huge factor for me. But it did show I do some things at the very last minute. I discovered I am a INTJ. The results said I am independent, logical, and driven by ideas. It says that I am self confident and I am sometimes stubborn. It says I am somewhat shy and that I place my intuition to help me guide my actions. When I look at the results I am suprise how close the results are to my actual life. I think they were dead right with my personality type and I would recommend this game to anyone curious about there personality type.

January 23, 2010 ENG 102 BLOG

This week we were suppose to got one activity regarding Martin Luther King Day and Unity Week. The event I picked was with Rev. Joseph Lowery in Pruis Hall on Tuesday at 7PM. When I got got in there at 6:30 I had to wait 20 min for them to allow us to get seated. Right before you got in they gave you an incentive orange water bottle and a program. When I arrived in most of the lower level was completely full. The festivities began with the choir singing a song. Then Jo Ann Gora was introduced. She gave a little background and history of Lowry. The president of Ball State then introduced Rev. Joseph Lowery and everyone rose to clap. Then we were all seated, and he told a joke. In fact the whole speech was filled with jokes. He seemed to get off track really easily when he gave his speech. He didn't really tell it in a story mode which was nice, but he failed to stay focus and keep the audience upbeat and to be able to follow him smoothly. I wish he also would of talked more about Martin Luther King as a whole, and tell us what he was all about. I did enjoy the story about when Barack Obama called him to talk about helping him with his inauguration. He seemed pretty crisp and sharp for being 88. He was very powerful with his speech and he got very worked up on certain topics. He got worked up on the national anthem and thought it should be changed to amazing grace.

JANUARY 17, 2010 ENG 102 BLOG

This week was centered about getting us back to work. On monday and wendsday we went over the sllyabus and started revising the sllyabus and class schedule. We split up into a group and with 3 people we each were assigned a section for the class schedule to put in our own words. On friday each group was assigned a multiculture section. Our multiculture section dealth with the department of labor and dealt with business. The article dealt with minorities and there physical disablities that has excused them from the workplace. We also picked a Martin Luther King Event this week I picked an event with a civil rights movement leader in Pruis Hall at 7pm in Pruis Hall. I plan on attending this event to learn about some history and some things that I probably wouldn't have thought of without this event. We will then take notes at the event, and we will then use our knowledge on a project later next week or so. We then were told that each week a group would be assigned a reading section and would have to have question from that section. This was the same thing we did with the Beah Book.