"Shitty Drafts"summary

The story of "Shitty First Drafts" written by Anne Lamott is about how hard it is to start a paper. She expresses and stresses that people stess about it to much and just need to let go and start writing what they think off the top of their head instead of worrying so much. Its easier to get going when you just write down what leaks out from your pen or pencil tip. She states in one of the paragraphs her self that " For me and most of the other writers I know, writing is not rapturous. In fact. the only way I can get anything written at all is to write really, really shitty first drafts."

I relate to this because I have the same problem. I actually found this info very useful for the rest of my life because from now on I am just going to write down what comes acrossed my mind as far as writing a paper goes. Instead of stressing out about getting started I'm just going to run with my thoughts.

apa formating

1. "Two decades ago, when saccharin was shown to produce bladder tumors in rats, it was a product, protective step to consider the sweetner to be a likely human carcinogen".

2. Dr.Kenneth Olden

3. "However our understanding of the science has advanced and allows us [Dr's] to make finer distinctions today. Studies now, indicate that the rat bladder tumors arise from mechanisms that are not relevant to the human situation".

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Passage 1

- It doesn't tell us anything really, other than Carol is an unconfident person
- The writer provides little info
- She explains she feels like she is losing her brother, father, and home all at once
- She shows concern when she has to move away

Passage 2

- It seems as if she is a single mom.
- A couple studies and opinions provide the data
- There is alot of opinions in this selection.
- The only thing choppy about this section is the opening sentence starts of with "However"

Passage 3

- You would need to refer to maybe a title page to find if this is a woman
- There isn't any use of I and at the same time we don't know anything about the author.
- It seems that a feminist from my guess is the writer of this passage
- I think the passage could be a little shorter and that the opinions used could be limited and backed up more.

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Ever think what would happen to your life if your mom or dad died? Well I wonder each day how different my life would be if at all IF my mom was around. She didnt get to see me score my first basket while I played basketball in school, she didnt get to see the last either on senior night, she didnt ever get a chance to see me drive nor did I get to drive her anywhere, she didnt get the chance of catching my first speeding ticket in the mail, she didnt get to see me adn my date for prom, she didnt get to see me in concert band while in high school, she didnt and wont get to see me in my own band, she wont ever hear the music that her own son help writes and see a talent I have for it, she didnt get to se her son graduate from culinary school, she wont get to see him graduate from IUP main, she didnt get to see me even graduate high school. These are a short list of things I could go on and on about that she wont or didnt get to see in my future or passed. All of these are moments you would like to have your parents be part of and sometimes you dont realize how much it would mean to you and I myself am the sameway but for example on senior night my sister had to accompany me with my dad instead of my mom. I love my sister that she did it but when your standing at half court with everyone looking at you and your parents and you realize your mom isnt there like the others its kind of a depressing feeling because instead of announcing mr and mrs reitz it went katlyn is accompanied by mr. reitz and his sister aly. I wouldve liked to have my mom there for moments like that especially, but non hodgkins lymphoma had other ideas. She fought off cancer throughout her life but finally when I was 14 he took her down but she did however go down with a fight because it took it longer than normal to get to her the Dr's said. So the next time you say you hate your mom or dad and wish they wernt always bugging you and irritating you and you get frustrated to the point where you hate them and wish they werent around...think again and realize they actually mean alot more to you than you actually think.

I believe this is probably theeee most noticed thing that I went through while younger/childhood and it scard me for life but at the same time alot of ppl dont recover from somehting like this and its a downward spiral for the rest of there life, fortunately my sister and I recovered well and have shown how strong we are and were stronger people now because of it, on top of my gram dying the year before with lung cancer and my pop-pop jerry (dads dad) dyed because of a cancer as well. For awhile it seemed as if someone had to die in our family with some sort of cancer. But we turned out ok and I know we did because we both have been told so.

iSEARCH

I am researching the "Factors in the college student social ladder" and I've found a lot of factors that play a role. I found that money, ethnic/family background, other people around you and a few other small things are what make things trendy or cool and also found that there are students out there that are going to a school they may not have wanted to go to. There are students that are going to school because of ethnic background or there families basically made up their mind for them. So I found that there are a number of students that have a passion and full potential of doing something else and would be good at it but instead are miserable and are just going to float through life hopeless and irritated because they're are doing something they didn't really care to do. Money is a determining factor in what kind of college you can or cant go to as is the majors that are offered. I decided to do this topic because I am against stereo typing "upper" "middle" and "lower" classes. To some people it's not fair how they are or the way they act because the people around them made them that way. Family atmosphere and reactions are a big factor in how someone will perceive things and look at things growing up. If your parents are racist for example until you get out and are actually around nice African Americans' people your going to think the same way they are because they are your parents and what they say is always right.

paraphrasing in class

In final research papers students tend to overdue the direct quotation in the date collection in their research. Only 10% data should be direct quotes, Lester, James D. 2nd ed. (1976) try's to explain to limit large amounts of direct quoting.

successful epidemics in class blogging

1. I am doing my research paper on the social ladder of a college student. To answer this it would be very easy to make something trendy and have it spread throughout whatever campus. After what I've read you can make something so small seem so interesting and cool just by going through the right people and the right crowds. Life if I were trying to make iup shoes the first place I would sell my idea is the frats and sororities since they are all a giant collection of people and personalities. Once I get them wearing the shoe, alot of people on campus would take notice and think they must be trendy and cool to wear because a good fraction of campus is wearing them. To help myself spread it even more is I would under price them so that everyone could wear them as well because not everyone has alot of money. This would start an epidemic for sure and would be trendy. (this is just an example I thought of)

2. I thought the number 150 was skeptical at first. But after reading it the numbers and stats make sense.

3. I realize now if you have enough people with the same motive, you can make something very unattractive or uninteresting to something everyone will want to be part of through persuasion and marketing.

Chapter 3 Discussion Questions; (1) and (2)

Bernie Goetz also know as the 'subway vigilante" is a man who lived in a crime filled New York area. One day while riding the Seventh Avenue 2 express subway he was approached by four men who we've "allegedly" going to mug him. But it was discovered that not one of them even posed any sort of threat to Mr. Goetz. I am not real sure why he went ahead and murdered these four young men. He said that there were words said to him that hinted they were going to mug him. I don't find enough evidence here to think that the four boys were going to harm him. I'd say he is a cold blooded murderer.

There are a few ways to answer this (number 2). hen the wall of Berlin was to come down, everyone was there to witness and help tear down the wall. When things like that occur it's an epic moment to remember. Because how great must it of been if your family was on the other side and after such a long time being away from them you finally get to see them. Another example of dictated behavior is when the people of the USA have to decide who's our next president. When it finally comes to the final race between the top two competitors, members of the republican and democratic parties will do anything in their power to make sure their representative is going to win. That means small riots, picketing, or arguing on national T.V. These are two bi factors that will get a lot of attention and buzz swarming with dictated behavior.

Session 2

In this session there were three girls presenting and their names are Laken Tassos, Heidi Zibara, and Amanda Petrunack. Laken talked about the presentation that IUP alumni Bill Strickland once gave. Some people did not like him but most people did for his contributions to IUP. He is a close alumni to the IUP family and was looking to donate money and she felt that for an alumni to give back to IUP the way Bill wanted to that it should be recognized and more frequent. She showed a huge amount of respect for what he wanted to do and Laken had a great appreciation for him. Heidi talked about the major issue of why americans treat muslims so differently. She was making the argument that they should'nt be treated any different than any other american just because they dress different, hair looks different, and have a few different traditions. She went on talking about how people that don't like islamics for those reasons have a high case of "Islamimophiba". Amanda was my favorite presenter due to the fact she was a great reader and presented her article very well using good "volume" in words. She explained the importance of family. Explaining that alot of restaurants are family owned and that thyey will always have a great staff because of having family as your employees. It is also good for a family to go through such experiences because it will pull you closer together. If you can work with the people around you being that they are your relatives that will lead to a happy working environment and a better business.

Session 1

I learned the impact of writing certain words and saying words a certain way speed can really uplift a story. The two girls that presented did a noticeably nice job in their presentations. Kelly Johnson presented a poem about her father dying. It was sad obviously, but at the sametime I really liked how she used certain adjectives and metaphors to help put her message acrossed. Kelly alos did not make it a long, drawn out, and sappy story when she easily could of. She made it clear though how much she loved her dad and misses her. I can relate to losing someone that close because I lost my mom of cancer when I was 14.

Then there was the girl by the name of Jessica Sabol. i actually graduated high school with Jessica and have known her most of my life and she is a very interesting young girl. She was in drama club, theatre, and is a very outgoing person. All of these showed in her presentation as well, she had a couple different selections that ranged from heart wrenching to sexually humiliation. She read all of them out loud, and did a great job with each one. Using a lower and scared voice for the one of her grandpa dying and for the one she talks about a "whore" using men like tissues she used each characters voice the way it would be if it happened in front of us.

If either of these girls had read there poems in a boring monotoned voice I would've lost interest within minutes of them starting. But because of the way they emphasized certain words and the way they would change the mood of there voices for certain sections, I was able to listen and picture what was going on as a listener and really could feel the emotion that the reader was putting off on to us in the room.

chapter 2 reflective writing

The main topic in chapter two is the "word-of-mouth epidemic". Gladwell explains that just by talking we tend to move peoples minds and opinions in different direction everyday. So by doing this we actually create and buzz whether it be in a negative or in a positive manor. He shows us through examples, and in different views. Just like if a new restaurant opens up, at first not many people know until it gets promoted through ads and radio etc. On top of that there is promotion through word of mouth and by that I mean once people start eating there they will be telling everyone who asks about it what they thought and what they think. If someone has a bad experience then they are going to say bad things, that then tells people to not go there. The people that are being told will not want to go just through the simple fact they don't want to waste money or be disappointed.

Then there are connectors, they are the people that can talk to you and you know right away about there gift to click with a conversation the second you start talking to them. They can talk about anything and it will normally be an easy going smooth conversation. They are the ones that have a serious gift to society and socialism and for some reasons they always have they have the ammo of knowing the right people and having good connections.

Then there are the people who can push you to like something even after they just explained that they don't have any interest or exploit the subjects weakness. This person is the "salesmen" and they have a special ability to convince people as if its their job (at times it is their job which makes life as possibly a car salesman or sales rep a lot easier than others). They at times may even work against word of mouth, because if someone has something bad to say about something the opinions may be different and the salesmen will tell the opposite end of the story and at times they may convince the person that is curious with a different train of thought. My view on word of mouth is for things like opinions on shopping or dinning you should figure them out on your own because something that someone may dislike you may like and could be missing out on something great just because you listened to everyone else talk down about something

different readings

Like I have said before I don't care for reading unless it's something that interest me like sports. I just can't seem to get by my view on reading, why should I read something that I don't care about? Like reading for school for example, never once have I read a book and at the end cared about what happened. If it wasn't for assignments I never even would of read it. But that could be my problem, maybe I should be more open to reading and that way when it does come time to reading for class it wont be such a drag for me. At the same time again I find myself stuck reading for class. Certain amount of pages each class that I have to read etc. I could pick up a sports illustrated and read through the whole thing without any push for motivation period. the tipping point already has shocked me with the word "syphillis" alone. Definitely not what I was expecting at all, but it did make me a little more interested because that seems to be a catchy topic. Plus it's the point of the whole book. I just find readings like these (ones for class) very boring and I'd just sooner be doing something else.

free writing about my topic

I've decided to do my research project on the constant gripe and debate of the stereo typical upper, middle, and lower class of society. I want to find out why we have to label each other into these classes and whoever made the guidlines of who goes in what category and show my opinion as well. Because quite frankly I don't think it's right to label people due to what they own or how much money they make. I believe everyone should be treated the same regardless of how they are. Because at times the way people are labeled it almost seems like a "rich" person and a "not so wealthy" person can even be in the same room. I think people should be based on personality and personal traits not money or the clothes they wear. The whole idea that we have to and should fit a certain mold that is labeled as something as close as "perfect" is terrible. If you can make it through life and enjoy it the way you are approaching it you should be happy with that not just because your neighbor blows through life and makes twice the amount you do.

Intro blog

In the introduction Gladwell brings up various way of explaining the different epidemics that have taken place. He first starts with the hush puppies example and how it was a shoe going out of business but then busted on to the fashion scene due to the fact some kids noticed that no one ever wore them. Then it seemed like all the kids were wearing them to the clubs, cafes, and throughout the streets of new york. All for the simple fact they were not popular at one point, then one day a few kids decided to take it upon themselves to bring the shoes back into a major existence. The next example he used is the huge crime rate "tipping" point from the 80's to the 90's. At one point violence and murder within five years had dropped 64% to 770 and total crimes had fallen by almost half to 335,893. That allowed people to fill the streets due to the crime rate just being low and everyone felt safe again. The third example Gladwell uses is the yawning example. It is very true how contagious yawning is, I always thought people just made up that whole "hey don't yawn because then I'll start". But after reading the word yawn a few times in the paragraph I actually did yawn once, and after seeing him explain how if people watch you yawn they will start then the people watching them will start and on and on. I never thought of that but it is indeed very true. Most of the time when you hear the word contagious yawning is the last thing you think of but from now on it will one of the first to pop in my head.

Summary of Ch.1

In chapter 1 of "The Tipping Point" by Malcom Gladwell explains and examines the very big STD problem that occurred in Baltimore Maryland during the mid 1990s. There is a very big syphilis outbreak and sociologists explained that the statistics on a scale were on a graph and at one point went from being flat lined to a right angle because of the giant increase in the 90s.

This all started because of the bad drug epidemic that Baltimore was having. What is an epidemic you’re probably wondering? It is a function of people who transmit infections agents, the agents itself and the environment in which the infectious agent is operating. People from all over the rough neighborhoods were all doing huge amounts of cocaine and that then lead to bad and risky behavior. That lead to the start of the spread of syphilis, because everyone would meet up then they took the drugs back to their bad neighborhoods from wherever they came from and then after awhile the spreading just multiplied in bunches.

Another example that is listed is the lack of medical treatment had a major impact on the spread of it. Because there was no medical help due to the budget cut in clinics that forced everyone spread the disease even more.

The last example that Malcom Gladwell wrote about is when one of the local projects went down, the infected people were forced out and had to move away. But along with them came the same bad habits and the drugs and syphilis that they carried. So again this rule shows that it doesn’t take long nor is it impossible to keep such a trend from happening repeatedly.

After all of these examples we have come to the conclusion that there is more than one way to tip an epidemic. It really all just depends on what the trendy way of spreading something good or bad is working at the time.

Chapter 1: The Tipping Point

In chapter 1 it explains and examines the very big STD problem that occurred in Baltimore Maryland during the mid 1990s. There is a very big syphilis outbreak and sociologist explained that the statistics on a scale were on a graph and at one point went from being flat lined to a right angle because of the giant increase in the 90s. This all started because of the bad drug epidemic that Baltimore was having. What is an epidemic you’re probably wondering? It is a function of people who transmit infections agents, the agents itself and the environment in which the infectious agent is operating. People from all over the rough neighborhoods were all doing huge amounts of cocaine and that then lead to bad and risky behavior. That lead to the start of the spread of syphilis, because everyone would meet up then they took the drugs back to their bad neighborhoods from wherever they came from and then after awhile the spreading just multiplied in bunches. Another example is the lack of medical treatment had a major impact on the spread of it. Because there was no medical help due to the budget cut in clinics that forced everyone spread the disease even more. The last example we saw is when one of the local projects went down, the infected people were forced out and had to move away. But along with them came the same bad habits and the drugs and syphilis that they carried. So again this rule shows that it doesn’t take long nor is it impossible to keep such a trend from happening repeatedly. After all of these examples we have come to the conclusion that there is more than one way to tip an epidemic.

The 3 rules of epidemic:

Law of the few-(Context of disease)
Stickiness factor-(Disease itself)
Power of context-(People carrying the disease)

20/80- Twenty percent of the people part of the epidemic do the majority of the work

about me =)

Hi my name is Katlyn Reitz. I am a HRIM student (hospitality and restaurant management major) and I am blogging about myself. I am in a Indie/hardcore/Rock band called Vision To None (for those who wanna hear what we sound like myspace.com/visiontononemusic we are a combination of sounds that range from artists like Silverstein, A Day To Remember, Our Last Night, and Senses Fail) it is my passion, my love, my motive, my favorite thing to do and I have three brothers because of it. We want to make a career of it but its going to take time. I am a very out going but modest person and I will make an attempt to be friendly with anyone that walks up to me. I am also very honest and you will see thorughout the semester because I'll be asking dumb questions making comments that will have you saying "wow that kid is dumb". I love food, music, hanging with friends, partying and all the typical things a normal college kid is into haha. I don't know what else to say other than I've never blogged in my life and I hope mine didn't bore you out and hope you check out my band and the rest of my awful blogs that we will have to post this semester hahaha. Don't know what else to put in this so if you want to talk to me don't be afraid to because you wont have a problem doing so.

Activity2

Diversity In My Field And The Impact Of It

My name is Katlyn and I am a HRIM major (Hospitality and Restaurant Management). For most people when they hear that they ask “Are you going to ever own or open your own place?” I quickly answer with “absolutely no” every time. Most of the time I get laughs but then there are the people who are interested in hearing why. I tell them that there are too many rules and regulations to keep up with and that I would never be able to keep my neck above water just for the fact I don’t think I could handle the responsibility of dealing with all of that plus run my staff and do everything else. But one of the biggest reasons is the big issue with diversity in our field that stretches from race, age, gender, national origin, and etc. This is a big issue any more because people feel the need to discriminate and give the “foreign” individuals a hard time. It’s all because if there accent, how they talk, dress, smell, act, or color of their skin. None of these should be a reason to give someone a hard time, but the fact of the matter is that there are a lot of Hispanics and “foreign” people that work in the field of hospitality. When you get a lot of different types of people working together in one place you’re going to see a lot of different attitudes and personalities and at times they will collide. But a lot of the times people will take shots at people just because they don’t “speak normal, look normal, or come from the same country as Americans and etc.” That’s just some things that I’ve personally seen and heard from working in the hospitality industry. I just think some of the things people say are just through negativity of their own lives and have a hard time being accepted so they feel the need to pick on someone they did not grow up around nor cared for just because their parents put some sort of mental mold on people and the way they should act, dress, and talk. But the field is going to grow with more and new people from all over and until we can drop the race card and all the other things that get people worked up for nothing were going to have to deal with a lot different arguments and conflicts.

Activity1

Activity One

At my school we did fictional and non-fictional work, along with stories and researched some headlines of things that were in current news. For example: One class we had to do a fake presentation of an award or certificated. So I decided to do the Heisman trophy presentation to my friend who was on the football team as something fun and something we could both relate too. Then there was times where we had to do essays and research papers. I personally liked to do fictional because it is a lot more fun and easier. Essays and research papers require more work and time and can be very mind grinding and it’s a bigger pain as most students would agree. But throughout English in high school and college there are always research papers. I actually did one on one of my chefs from culinary school and I had to interview him and get his background and how his career started all the way up to how it lead him to teaching us culinary students. That was sort of fun but took a lot of time out leisure time from school. But that brings me to the point of how I don’t like to read or write unless I’m interested. I enjoy reading sports articles from magazines like: sports illustrated, ESPN the Magazine, and because I’m a musician I enjoy browsing through magazines like musicians friend to see all the new and latest deals on newer and older equipment. Plus from time to time they will have someone from a band get interviewed by someone who works for the magazine. Also at culinary school we learned to do business letters as a simulation of what we will have to do once we go looking for a job, that also included typing up a resume. A big question anymore is what are the differences between essays and assignments and texting and emailing, my answer to that is a big difference and a similarity. The differences are that in texting you are just talking because of your free will and it doesn’t have to be worded perfect nor does it have to a certain amount of writing in your words to the person your talking to. More often than not people like to use what I can “texting slang” and in the real world of English that wouldn’t fly.