Thursday, May 3, 2012

Freshman Year Overview

One of the best memories about freshman year was all of the new friendships I have made over this year. Some of these friendships include upperclassmen aw well as my classmates. The most important thing that I have learned over this year is probably not asking someone to send you their homework because they might have plagiarized it. Some advice I would give to underclassmen about being a freshman is do your own work, turn in all your homework on time, and be a leader to others.  


Monday, February 27, 2012

People of the South: Poor Rednecks or Wealthy Landowners?

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman is a fictional novel written by Ernest Gaines. This novel tells of the life of Miss Jane Pittman through her eyes. Jane was an ex-slave, and the novel mainly tells about her journey to get to Ohio. There are many stereotypes in this novel about many kinds of people. One example is that a lot of people from the South are rednecks and poor. This stereotype is proved false because there were many wealthy plantation owners in the South during the post Civil War era. although there were many wealthy landowners, there were also many poor and uneducated people too. This is the main reason for  the stereotype because that's the main thing that people look at when they think of the South.

Friday, January 20, 2012

Why You Should Watch Hawaii Five-0

Hawaii Five-0 is a re-make of the earlier TV  series  from the 1960s to the 1980s. This season, one of the main people in the show is Steve McGarrett, and his father was killed many years ago while working on an important case. Between cases, McGarrett is working on catching his Father's killer. I think you should watch this show because it is one of the best modern crime shows on television. It also adds humor to when Danny and Steve don't get along. Another reason you should watch this show is that Steve gets angry with some people, and he shows it by tying them to his car and driving really fast, holding them against the walls of the interrogation room, etc. I encourage you to watch Hawaii Five-0 at least once.