Showing posts with label Response. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Response. Show all posts

01 April, 2011

How We Write Is Who We Are .

After looking over most of the vignettes that people wrote,  I saw many interesting ones that talked about their lives, names families, personalities, and many other mores.  As I was reading through the vignettes, I saw some that interest me to write about it. I think Alex N. and Bianca’s vignettes that talked about their hand writings as well as their family’s members is really interesting.
I agree that every one's handwriting is different and unique in its own way because it is kind of impossible to have the same handwriting as other family members in your family. My handwriting can be neat when I have to time to write neat, or I would write neat for a in class essay, so it would be easy to read. Plus, and in projects. My mom and dad’s handwriting are relatively big in size, while my mom’s handwriting is slanted with a hook and the last word of her sentence, my dad’s handwriting is a mixture of capital letters and lower case too. At the same time, my sister’s handwriting is like any other little kid’s handwrtings.
Just like in Alex and Bianca’s vignettes, they both discussed about the differences of handwriting in their dads, moms, and sisters.
In Alex’s vignette, he started by talking about his dad then later moved onto the rest of his family. I noticed that in this particular vignette, he uses handwritings to  describe the personalities of his family
“My Dad’s handwriting looks like quick scratch, where every word seems to blend together, but surprisingly it is still readable. My Dad’s messy handwriting is derived from the thousands of papers my Dad has written due to the fact that he is a lawyer.”
In this quote, Alex is trying to say that because of the job his dad has, as a lawyer, he needs to be constantly taking notes of the opposing side. As a result, he has to write fast, and because of that he writes messily.
On the other hand, Bianca describes her sister’s handwriting as a mood changer.
“If she is wide awake, her letters are the same size, each in an orderly manner. If she is bored it starts to slant over like our mother's. If she is in a rush, the letters grow bigger and bigger.”
This is similar to Alex’s dad’s handwriting because Alex’s dad is often in a rush, and has to write messily, and when Bianca’s sister is in a rush, she writes big.

14 January, 2011

Response : People Change

It is not easy to change yourself, but sometimes we do change. Sometimes, we will not even notice that we have changed. Whiles others will notice instantly. Changes include, trying a new habit, becoming friends with people they usually do not hang out with, or starting to hang out with people they usually do not. The list can go on forever and ever, but for now I will stop it here.   And there are changes that are good, and while the other is bad.
After reading Karisa’s post, I feel sorry for her, because of how her old best friend treated her. And I can feel how she felt, because one time I was visiting my old friends at their school. And when I got there, I said hi to one of my great friends, and she said hi back. Then, she turned her back on me, and continued her conversation with her new friends. Then like 20-30 minutes later, I announced that I was going to leave, but all she was doing was talking to her new friends. She did not even say bye, or anything to me.
I feel the same :  With what Karisa said :
“Now, I haven't talked to this friend in a really long time. I miss her, but she doesn't really seem to care. It's kind of sad because she was one of my closest friends in middle school and now we never talk. Just like the quote said "[People] end up having nothing to say to each other, even if they were best friends the year before."
Back in middle school, me and my great or best friend would hang out at school, eat hang out after school, eat lunch together, go shopping, chat on aim, phone, and other stuff that best friends do together. We do hang out as a group sometimes, but we barely talk when we see each other. But now, we would only talk to each other when we have questions for each other. Like sometimes before the day we would hang out, she would often ask, “Can I get a ride?” Or like, “ Do you know who is going?” and some sorts of questions like that.
She might not noticed that she changed, changed into someone that care less about their old friends from their old school. I miss her, and our friendship.

Response : Global Warming .

This is a response post to Billy’s post.
To begin, everyone is talking about global warming very frequently now, like how the weathers are weirdly changing everyday. In one day it would be as hot as 60 degree, while the next day it would be in the low 40’s. And I believe that we, humans are the main cause of the problem of global warming. Here is some things Billy mentioned in his blog post :

“...Global warming is caused by humans. In the past there have been cold and warm weather periods and some scientists believe that it’s natural, but most scientists say that humans are the main cause... We Americans live in a place were industries and companies are big in money and in pollution..”
After reading Billy’s post, I agree with him that global warming is not only caused by nature, but also we, humans are the main ones that are causing global warming.
To start off, I know that when there are too much CO2 getting released into the air then it will result in getting caught in the Ozone layer, which is bad to our environment.  I  also have heard that the temperature of the Earth increases naturally over time, however we, humans are fastening this process.
And I say we are causing global warming, because we are constantly in our everyday life overloading pollution from our cars and factories and many others to the air.
In addition, there are many ways to reduce the effect of global warming, and save ourselves from global warming. First of all, we can do the three Rs,  Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! We can replace our regular light bulbs with compact fluorescent light bulbs, this kind of light bulbs use ⅔ less energy than the regular one. Next, we should drive less, if you are going some where close, instead walk, or ride a bike, driving lesser saves you more money on gasoline, also you can carpool. With carpooling, there will be less pollution, than everyone driving in their own car. Lastly, grow some plants, or plant a tree. Since trees and other green plants give out oxygen !
There are many other ideas or ways we can help to reduce global warming.