1B My Blogging Style

After reading blog posts from other authors, I realized that everyone has a different style of how the go about sharing their ideas on certain topics. To begin with Tagan’s Kitchen and Productive Flourishing were two completely different topics, and they had different ways of writing about them. Productive Flourishing was all about how to be more productive and they gave advice on how to be productive in a way that was simple to understand, but was still effective in getting their point across. Tagan’s Kitchen was strictly food related and for every recipe that she had, there was a story and picture to go along with it. In Tagan’s post, if she didn’t come up with the recipe herself, then she would post a link to where she got it from, whereas Productive Flourishing didn’t have any links or pictures. When reading blogs from sites like the New York Times and NPR, I found that yes their blogs were very professional, but they were also interesting. I would never care to listen to someone sing in greek, but the way the author in the NPR music blog describe this artist made me want to listen to go and listen to them right then and there.

                Reading these blogs helped to develop my own writing style for my blog. I learned that is alright to be open with the opinion that you have, but it has to be done respectfully and not trash something just because you don’t agree with it. As blogger I hope that I can be able to express my opinion so others know what it is that I am thinking, but also use it as an outlet to say what it is that I’m feeling. The only way that my blog can interest other readers is only if I myself find it interesting. If the author doesn’t show an interest in what they’re writing about, then they cannot expect others to find it intriguing as well.

  here's a link to my favorite blog; Puck Daddy http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/

1A What is College?

Society tells us that after we graduate high school, the next step for us is college, that if we don’t go to college we will not be successful in what it is that we hope to accomplish with our lives. To some college is just a place that you go to for four years to earn a degree in a field of study that you choose to work in for the rest of your lives, but college is so much more than that. Yes, it is important to do well in the classes that you are taking so future employers see that you are serious about your work, but it is also a place to explore who you are as an individual. College is a place where someone can finally be themselves and not have to worry about someone telling them that they’re wrong, instead at a place like Southern, they except you with open arms.

                For me, I see college as a place to meet new people that you otherwise wouldn’t meet in high school of only about 1200 students. At Southern I can introduce myself a hundred times over and it will never be to the same person and in some ways its nerve wracking to be in a place where only a handful of people know your name, instead of the whole school. I was never that involved with the clubs at my school, but here they have wide variety of clubs and made a promise to myself that I would join at least one or two of them and become more social and meet people that share the same interests as me, people that I otherwise would never have the chance to get to know.  When it comes to academics, I have never been the best writer, but here at Southern they have the writing center, and that is a service that I plan on taking full advantage of and can become better at making my ideas more cohesive and clear. My goal for when I graduate from Southern in four years is to have my resume reflect who I am as a person and show my future employer that I was not only serious about my school work, but that I was also involved in my school and they can see that what I did at Southern would make me an asset for their company.

After making it through my first couple of days at Southern, that this school is everything I was told about at orientation and more. College is more than just another stepping stone towards the future, it’s a place where people discover themselves, meet lifelong friends, and create memories that will last them a lifetime. College is a different experience for everyone, its whatever you decide to make it.

1I #24

When I am stressed I always find that hiking on trials by myself is the perfect stress reliever, and the other day East Rock was looking pretty nice as I was driving by the entrance. I was raised by a family of hunters and because of that, the woods have always been an escape for me, almost like a second home. Being on the trails surrounded by nothing but trees puts me at ease and is the perfect place to escape from the world around me. Once my feet hit the trails, I look around for that perfect tree to go sit under and just listen to nature. Hearing the squirrels scampering around and the roaring waterfall from the Lake Whitney Dam puts me in a state of tranquility. Once I leave the park I feel relieved and relaxed, in some form hiking is my therapy, and East Rock was my therapist for the day. http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/parks/parksinformation/eastrockpark.asp

1V What is Inquiry?

According to the Webster Dictionary, inquiry is defined as an examination into facts. What exactly does that mean, it means as humans we naturally have a thirst for knowledge, and it has been with us since we were young. As children we wonder and ask why the circle doesn’t fit into the square hole, but as we get older our brain starts looking for more information, like what makes the earth revolve around the sun. Some people may not know it, but inquiry is a part of your everyday life when you’re forced to make decision, but don’t have all the answers that you need. For instance there are many reasons on why as students we chose the college that we did, but to get to this point, we had to ask some questions as to what makes this school the right one for me?

 As freshmen we don’t get the luxury of being able to choose our own classes, and I was put into Sociology, and didn’t even know what that was, but after hearing the professor talk for a while it was clear. It’s the science of how society functions; but during the class he brought up the word argument, and usually arguing is something you try to avoid, but he made it clear that it is a good thing; it’s just a way to present the information for what you believe in.

After having my first Inquiry and Sociology class, it is clear to see why they are connected to each other.  It’s hard as humans to try and study the way society in today’s world functions if we don’t ask ourselves and try to gather the information on why it is the way that it is? And what has made it that way?