My English Professor

This semester i learned a lot from my English professor. I came to college and i know i needed to work on my grammar. My grammar is horrible i admit but my English professor improved it a little., She was a great professor because not only did i learned alot, her class was interesting and fun.She mad all of our assignments fun and important at the same time. I appreciate her this semester because she didn't really have to teach us anything, but she chose to do so. I hope you read this I was glad to have you as a professor this semester and i will contact you if i nee your help with anything in my future English classes.

Western then and Now...

The way students dressed is not the only thing that has changed over the years. Western has a lot more activities for students to participate in. Students could never get bored on this campus. There are lots of organizations to join.  The most popular ones are RSO’s and Greek Life. RSO’s are registered student organizations, organizations created by students for students. Over 300 RSO’s exist on Western’s campus today.  There are 25 active sororities and fraternities active on campus today. Sure Western has changed over the years but only for the better. Western will continue to grow academically and socially making Western the right place to be.

College life to me...

  College life to me is when you have freedom to do whatever you please without anyone giving you rules, but it’s up to you if you take advantage of the college life. It’s ok to have fun but priorities come first before partying. If you are paying a significant amount of money to attend college then why play around and fail classes and not get your money’s worth. College is very expensive but it is worth because without college experience I believe you will absolutely not receive a well paying job to take care of yourself definitely when you get up in age unless you get lucky. College life is full of challenges, tests, responsibilities, decisions, and priorities that one will have to make in order to succeed. There will be lots of parties to attend so one can miss out on a party, but if one want to succeed in college stay focus and make wise choices and don’t let anyone persuade you otherwise because I know I will not. However I know what my job is in college, I know why I am here, yes I will have fun living the college life but I’m going to stay on task, get my money’s worth, accomplish my goal, be responsible, and do whatever else it takes to be successful during my college experience.

Next semester...

            Next semester I will just study harder for my exams, because that was my biggest problem this semester. I came to college to be successful, and I’m not going to let anything else discourage me like that again I will just try harder if something goes wrong. I’m going to become a great reader because it will help me with my career in the future.  I will try to read more next semester, and read a head sometime. I will study more next semester because I didn’t study enough, but next time that will make a difference on my exams so I will get better grades. But I will not study too much causing me too forget everything. Overall I had a great experience this semester I learned a lot and I will do better next semester than I did this semester.

Professors....

I honestly do not think that professors should pass on students who shouldn’t deserve it. What I mean by that is if you do not come to class all the time, don’t participate , or at least try to put a effort in class then that person is not ready to move on to the next level. Its different when a person does the opposite come to class every day on time, participate all the time but still seem to get bad grades then something is wrong. Sometimes it’s hard for some students to tell their professors that their having problems with certain things, so than the professor should try to help the student definitely if they are doing all they can in still getting non passing grades. Some professors do that and some don’t. They feel we all grown and if we need help with anything we should be able to speak up so we can take care of the problem.

This semester...

Overall this semester was ok. But it was different for me because i had a hard time with a class i shouldn't have with in my opinion. It was government and i feel that way because i took it in high school and some stuff i remember but some stuff i didn't know because i went to a Detroit public school; who don't teach you nothing. So when we go to college we be lost and its like we starting all over, and should be like that. But next time i will just study harder because i can do nothing about what i haven't learned already, i will just focus on the present in the future and leave the pass behind

Finals...

Finals were so stressful for a lot of us because we are coming out of high school. High school finals were not the same as college finals. College finals are much more harder and stressful because we try our best to do goo on them. In high school we had teachers that were more lenient and in college we have professors that are not so easy. Some of them will work with you, then you have some that will not. This semester i didn't have hard finals on my classes except one and that class  was very hard. I did everything and i just couldn't seem to pass an exam. I study alot and i manage to get the same score them but i didn't give up i kept trying. I brought my grade up and now i hope i get the grade i think i earned. But finals isn't a joke, and i wasn't prepared for them but next time i will be.

Project 4

For  project for we had to do a  multi genre which was our last project of the class and our final too. We had to pick a topic and do an introduction page and three other genres of our choice. I like this project because i got a chance to express myself about something that's important to me. I chose to do a project on Single mothers because i  were raised by one and she did a great job. The main point was to prove the statistics are wrong, and how some parents can raised their children to be good children without the other parents even though is not fair at all. The mother is the one mainly taking care of her children by herself because the father is no where to be found, in jail or killed, you never know with men. I had fun doing this project, and I feel that I did a good job.

In class...

Lately in class we been going over the elements of our project three in English 1050. It is a "unfamiliar genre and it consists of  how many journals that was expected of you everyone 's is different but we all had to have journals. A presentation that's like three to five minutes along with whatever genre choice we pick. She told us what everything should look like and if we had any questions we can ask her and let her know or email her. The last class she ask us when do we want to present because she was trying to give us a break and have the Monday off before thanks giving break. But a lot of people thought they were'nt going to be ready so they told her Wednesday and Monday instead of Monday and Wednesday. But my professor decide to still give us that Monday off and i guess whoever ready to present can present their things and get it out the way. This project was fun and I'm kind of glad that I chose the genre that i wanted to do and it was different and creative.

The for Colored Girls Play...

Last Monday November the seventh my Professor gave her students the opportunity to go see the "for colored girls play" at seven in the evening. I went because i never really watched the movie when it came out. I can honestly say that was the best play ever that I went to out of my eighteen years. I seen parts of the movie but i didn't know it was that deep. The play was wonderful and all the actors were great. I almost cried in the play because i was stunned of some of the things i saw that happened. I'm so glad i decided to go and happy I didn't miss the play. It was worth the two hours it lasted and my time. The words that were said were so deep and the actions were so real and it made me wanted to watch the movie again from the beginning.

Last weekend....

I had a boring weekend because i had to work all weekend. Friday i had to work from nine at night to one o'clock in the morning. It was a boring day at work i was tired and sleepy and tried to get homework but I couldn't because there was a lot going on that day. I work at the front desk and since there was alot of people in the lobby people were trying to sneak pass and  it was making me upset. It went by and once i got off i invited my friend over because i never can go to sleep right away after work. Saturday came and my friends and i decided to get out and take a trip to walmart. We was at Walmart all day just shopping in things like that. We finally got finish after being there for about three hours and went back to the dorm and just chilled all day and watch movies until it was time for me to go to work. I had to work late that night so i took a nap before i went and since it was daylight savings the next day we had to work an extra hour but we got paid for it. I was mad because i already didn't want to work that night, but Igot over it because I didn't have a choice to work that night. Sunday I slept in because i was tired and woke up and did my homework all day.

Extra Credit...

Last Thursday on October 27, 2011 my teacher gave us the advantage to go to a third coast reading at the brow hall for extra credit. So i end up going and it was nice. The first person that got up and spoke was a guy i forgot his name because i kond of walk in a little late. But he stood up and front of eveyrone and read all of his work that he written which were poems that was very deep to me. I had alot of favorite ones but he was very gifted. The experience of going their was shocking because the words he were saying i didnt think i will be hearing there. He has a lot of talent and special gift that no one has. He did a good job and im glad i went. The second person was a lady and she was good. She shared a piece of her work which was a story. It was very nice to and it was really interesting. Im not sure if i was a true story but it surely sounded like it. The only thing is it was real long and i started to get bored after a while until she got closer to the end and she stop because it was time to go. I wish she would have read the story to the end because i wanted to know what happen but iverall it was a good experience.

In class today...

Today's class was kind of fun. When we first got in there our Professor checked the rest of everyone paper so she had us answer like fie questions about how we feel about the current project she assigned us to do. We had to type it up turn it in. After that everyone just kind of caught up on some work or just chilled because we had like a chill day today because she was still checking over their paper's the whole time. Then a little while past and she got finished and i forgot she handed our first project back and explained what the rubric meant and how everybody did on them. Then we was assigned for homework earlier in the week to read four stories which was "Little Red Cap", "Rumpelstiltskin", "Little Snow White", and my favorite story "Hansen and Gretel". We went over each in class and talked about some do's and dont's. Then we talked about some themes that be in fairy tales and why they put them in there. She asked everyone what story we like better and it ended up being " Little Snow White". So she had us pick something out the story and make a slogan for it. We got in groups of three and worked on it for the rest of the class period.

My weekend...

I didn't get to do much this weekend because i had to work basically this whole weekend. Thursday night I finish my work that i had to turn in for the next week. It was a chill day Thursday I did homework that whole day. Then i had to wake up for work at two in the morning. I was very mad because i was tired but i didn't have a choice but to go to work.Friday I don't have classes so i just slept all day because i didn't feel good. I was in bed all day.I had to deal with my pain because the dentist office was closed and my eye and m y teeth was hurting on the same size. I was crying and couldn't sleep barely but i took some pain medicine. I finally got up and went to Walmart to get some groceries i felt kind of better. I came back and chilled the rest of the night. I had to get up again and work from nine to one. It went by quick so i just went straight to sleep when i got off. Saturday came i just chilled and then i had to work again. I work this whole weekend, I could of had fun but I made some money. I will go out a different weekend because I can always have fun.

Class this week...

In class this week we went to the library to get our sources for our annotated bibliography. Since i wasn't here last week i didn't really know what was going on. I pick a regular topic that was broad instead of picking a specific text as far as a poem, story, magazine or movie. But I eventually change my topic and chose a movie. The fist movie I chose was Malcolm X and i couldn't figure out a good thesis statement. I knew what I was trying to say but It wouldn't come out for some reason. So my teacher recommended me i should change the movie and the second movie I chose was Love and Basketball. Everything worked out and i left class with a thesis statement. The second part of class we just went over our sources we will use in our paper and if we had any corrections we can fix them in turn it in along with the paper. Them we had to complete our intro paragraph and a outline of our paper and turn it in. We was told by our Professor after we she check our paper we were dismissed from class. It was a nice week, never heard of an Annotated Bibliography until this week in class so i learned something new.

My favorite Auntie...

I had a very nice weekend. I just had to get out because i had so much in my mine because my favorite auntie passed away last weekend and i was stunned. I didn't know what to do i just couldn't believe it. She was like my second mother because her and my mother was close twins who couldn't be separated from each other. I remember her coming over my house everyday all types of the day and night. She didn't care and my mother didn't either she will wake up out her her sleep for my auntie. I remember she always use to tell me how gorgeous i am, and how smaller i look each time she see me. I remember when she use to always ask me where i get my clothes from because we were the same size so she use to always ask me when are you going to let me where that Vaness. My response will be whenever auntie just let me know. Its not anymore of that because she in heaven now watching over me. I miss my auntie so much, i hope she comes to see me again because i would like to see her gorgeous face again I love you auntie REST IN PARADISE.

In class today...

I haven't been here all week so i really do not know what was expected to complete. But we was assigned a story and we discussed it in class today we talk about a story written by James Baldwin i don't really remember what its called, But it'sbasically talking about musicians doing drugs maybe to relieve what they are going through, to feel something, or maybe relax them. Then we was talking about this guy name Sunny who had to take care and look after his younger brother but he really didn't want to. Sunny felt like basically that wasn't his job to do, but he didn't have anyone else . He didn't realize how important it was. We also talk about how the image of this story was darkness, and basically it was their life and how they were struggling or living in sadness. It was very interesting today in class, it sounded like it was a good story. I wish i would have read but at least i knew some things that occurred in the story.

College Life...

College life is fun,adventuring,but important. You have to put priorities first before you try to have fun. Now and days college is expensive and its going up probably every  five years or probably less than that. College cost to much to be playing around, and not going to class. Its a waste of my time, your time. Why come to college if you are going to party all the time and not even attend to go to class, or go everyday late. Yes you should have fun in college because its suppose to be an enjoyable experience but priorities come first then partying and the other fun things. So far i love the college life and i just got here,but i have a feeling i will enjoy myself and get good grades as well. I play on it anyway, I came to college for a reason not to play around, not to party because i can do that at home, but i came to get a good education, fulfill my dreams and accomplish my goals, and be successful in life so i can take care of my family in the future.

More Thoughts....

I just want to be able to live my life. Its problems everywhere, everyone have problems but we just try to get through them because that's all you can do. The economy is messed up because its hard for young teenagers to get jobs now and days because all of the old people got them. They will give old people jobs now and days first before young people because they have children. But back to what i was talking about, life is s mess. This Preacher was telling us to get prepared to go to heaven basically and he kind of scared me because he said heaven is a prepared place for prepared people and i was questioning that. I said to myself so if you not prepared than you not going to go to heaven and he must was reading my mine because he answered and  a certain type i way. I cant remember but i knew automatically. He kept saying get ready and because tomorrow is not promise. That's what people don't understand,but i do. Its sad that we as people have to live like this,everyone against each other instead of trying to help one another. Life is something we all have to deal with and it sad but we have no choice, and sometimes i feel like i do not want to deal with it anymore, I know that's sad to say but its the truth because we living in a miserable place.

Thoughts...

I do not know what to think anymore,life is something that is so hard. I cant take life anymore. I don't understand why people so close to me have to get taken away. I know everyone have to pass someday but i cant take it. I feel like why did god create us in bring us in this world and then take us right back out. I feel like he wasted his time and definitely my time. I just don't know what to do anymore. My biggest fear is death and I'm very scared, and i don't know why. I just lost someone that was very close to me and I'm dealing with it because i don't have choice. But you know what I'm a strong young lady so I will be alright. I have dreams and goals and i hope god let me live fulfill my dreams, and accomplish my goals. I loo at life different since this happen to me because i know that tomorrow is not promise but now i really believe it and see how important it is to live my life to the fullest now. Life is a game to me, and the way i see it is you have to fight and stay in the game because if you lose you want be able to play again. You get one try so you have to think fast, and smart. These are my thoughts now and how i look at life, its crazy i know but its the truth and no one can change the way i view life now.

In class today...

In class today are assignment was to go over one an others narrative in English today. We had to read over at least two different papers out loud. But in my group we each read the whole paper to each other and wrote what we thought the focus was,the overall response,if their were grammar issues, is it detailing and i forgot the other one i think. Me and this girl name Lauren papers was sort of about the same thing but a slight difference. My paper was about me transitioning into my senior year and how i receive a teacher on my schedule that i don't like because of the bad things i heard,like the long papers she assigned her students, and i knew i didn't have the experience of writing a well written paper. But in the middle of the year towards the end, I end up liking the teacher and it was almost like we became best friends. She taught me so much and definitely i knew how to write a paper because of her and i appreciated her and never will go by anyone judgements of a person, i will find out myself. I had some misspelled things and my paper, and some more things but overall i learned the mistakes i made because somebody else read it to me instead of reading it to myself.

My Thoughts from Richardson Story...

For the reading discussion we had in class last Wednesday September 21,2011 was quite interesting. We went over the story that we was a assigned to read and it was very interesting. She talk about different situation she was in,how she reacted and what did she think about them. I thought it was a very interesting story  and the things she talks about is real life situation's that went on back then and still going on in today society.But personallly i agree where she coming from with the situation about her and the older guy because even though she tried to show movement that she wanted him off her she didnt say anything,nor did she stand up for herself meaning she knew what he wanted but if she knew she didnt want to do anything with him then she didnt have to. Yes she  was young but if i was in her position i know whats right and wrong skip trying to give a man his needs, i feel he better go and find someone his own age.

English 1050 'Hey Baby"

In English 1050 today we was talking about a situation of a guy approaching a female saying "Hey Baby". I'm from Detroit East side so the guys down there are good for trying to talk to a female with that saying no matter how old they are or you are. They do not care because if you are attractive, and your body look nice to them they want to talk to you. They'll say "hey baby you sexy" and plenty more, and it's get irritating because it's certain way's a guy can get a female attention in a respectful way. They do not understand that though, and that's why a lot of guy's get rejection from a lot of females. Then you have some guys that know they are attractive and that they can get any female they want no matter how they approach her. I personally do not give guys my number if they approach me in way's like this and other way's that's not respectful, but i guess these guys will learn some day that we want gentlemen no lowlife,disrespectful guy because they should realize that they wouldn't want anyone talking to their mother,sister,cousin and any other female that they care for like the way they talk to other females.

Where I Am From...

I am from a place where houses are burned down, abandoned and raggedy, I am from a place where no one is friendly. I am from a place where no one can have it all , I am from a place where everyone has downfalls. I am from a place where a person is worried about the next, I am from a place where everyone trys to impress.I am from a place where now and days you cant have fun, I am from a place where everyone mindset is guns. I am from a place where we have alot a things to do, I am from a place where are young black males barely finish school. I am from a place where lot's are struggling, I am from a place where lots cant handle it. I am from a place where one rob,steal, and kill, I am from a place where one cant work hard to afford a meal. I am from place where I have a big family that i can trust, Im from a place where i love my family so much. I am from a place that's my home,yes we have problems,I just wish we all will get alone.

I am from a place where houses are burned down, abandoned and raggedy, I am from a place where no one is friendly. I am from a place where no one can have it all , I am from a place where everyone has downfalls. I am from a place where a person is worried about the next, I am from a place where everyone trys to impress.I am from a place where now and days you cant have fun, I am from a place where everyone mindset is guns. I am from a place where we have alot a things to do, I am from a place where are young black males barely finish school. I am from a place where lot's are struggling, I am from a place where lots cant handle it. I am from a place where one rob,steal, and kill, I am from a place where one cant work hard to afford a meal. I am from place where I have a big family that i can trust, Im from a place where i love my family so much. I am from a place that's my home,yes we have problems,I just wish we all will get alone.

Introduction to me

Hello I am Vaness Thompson,I attend Western Michigan University for Pre-law because they do not have a law school here,but after i graduate i will attend Wayne State University law school for my law degree.I actually do not know what i will be talking about in this blog,but i know it will be information pertaining to my English 1050 class. I never had a blog before and actually do not know how to use it but  eventually I will find out.Thanks for checking out my blog.