EDRG 3321 Shared Reading

The shared reading activity was too loud and distracting. I like a more calm setting if I'm going to be read to. Although I was the one reading to my group, I felt like I was shouting. I found it very difficult to engage my readers. I suggest we don't do that one.

EDRG 3321 Fiction

When I think about fiction I think about scary stories. I think about ghosts and goblins. I see a haunted house and trees in the forrest coming alive to kill you. I see mystery and murder. You don't always have a happy ending and you don't always see the princess getting her prince. I see vengence, blood, and revenge.

EDRG 3321 Stiletto Stoners

I think MJ should be legalized. I think if more people smoked MJ that this world would be a better/happier place. The only reason people feel like they have to hide it is because it's illegal. Sometimes I think this country is ass backwards.... Alcohol is legal and tobacco is legal and we have research that both things destroy the body. Alcohol kills people everyday. Whether you are an innocent bystander that just happens to get hit by someone under the influence or you sit on your couch and allow your liver to dwindle away. The research on MJ shows that it helps the body and heals it. You never hear about someone being high and killing someone. When your high you're happy and relaxed. So whether you go home from a hard day and have a glass of wine or take some hits WHATS THE DIFFERENCE!!!?? There is a difference between being an addict and just relaxing in your home on your own time. I'm glad this story came out and I'm glad that successful women finally came out with it has well. You don't have to be a loser to smoke pot. Yes there are losers that smoke pot but there are also losers that have masters degrees. THINK ABOUT IT........

EDRG 3344 Star Trek TNG Darmok Episode

Well I guess I finally have seen my first episode of Star Trek EVER!!!! I wanted to fall asleep however the lesson on communication was good. Showing the film showed how important communication is and how difficult it can be as well. Communication is something I need to work on everyday. I need to watch how I say things. What I say is not necessarily wrong but the WAY I say it comes across NASTY and puts people on the defensive. Another form of communication is facial expressions. You can say a thousand words with your face without saying a word. Isn't that amazing? I think that a lack of communication or even miscommunication can cause a lot of damage. It can cause divorce and families to be broken, it can cause war and people to die........all just because you didn't know how to "TALK" the correct way....that's a powerful thing to think about. Words are powerful. I'd rather be punched in the face than for someone to tell me something degrading or hurtful with their words.

EDRG 3321 Author Profile

The author is Jamie Lee Curtis. I didn't know Jamie Lee Curtis was an author until I ran across this book. The book I read is called, Is There Really a Human Race? I love this book and I think it would particularly be great to read to middle school students. The book is basically about life. It's about the decisions we make and how we are all such in a hurry to make them. It's about how we live ours lives and what things we should think about while going through "the race". Humans are in a race rushing to get to the "end" and for what reason? As humans we tend to be concerned with who "won" and who "lost". Why can't it be that we are all doing are best? It's more important how you treat people along the way rather than who you stomped on just to be first. This is a great book, go out and get it. You can read more about Jamie Lee Curtis and her books at www.jamieleecurtis.com

EDRG 3321 Author Profile

The author is Hans Christian Andersen and the book I was introduced to is The Steadfast Tin Soldier. It was an awesome book. The book was about a box of tin soliders given to a boy to play with but there was one solider in patricular that was special. He only had one leg. In the beginning of the book he meets up with a toy ballarina and she's in a famous ballerina pose with one leg up and one down. So the solider automatically thinks it's love at first sight because she only has "one leg" just like him. They get seperated and the rest of the book is all about his obstacles and trials he goes through just to get back to her. Finally at the end he meets her again and they both get thrown into the fire and die together. I recommend everyone read it. You can read more about the author at www.online-literature.com/hans_christian_andersen

EDRG 3321 Author Profile

I found an author named Katharine Lee Bates. The book I read is named America the Beautiful It's a poem with incrediable illustrations. The book is "the song" America the Beautiful. She wrote the poem in 1893 and through the book she wanted to inspire people to see the wonders of America. You can read more information about her life at www.katharineleebates.com and you can find out more about the actual places the illustrations came from at www.pikespeakcolorado.com/AmericaTheBeautiful.