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| My Breakfast |
I woke up today ready to go to my class and ready to learn more. I
woke up at 8:25 AM, got ready and went down stairs to the Dining Hall to eat
breakfast. I didn't eat a lot like always because I eat like three plates of
food every time I go to the Dining Hall. I just grab some eggs with fruit and bread.
When I finished eating, I started walking to class and when I got to the
building where my class is at; my classmates were in the wrong classroom. I didn't want to say anything so I just went in and sat down with them. When Achy
came she made us move to the other room, the first room we had in the first day
of class. Then, Achy told us to start doing our journal and I was talking about
what I did this past Friday. When we finishing on our journal, at 10 PM, Achy
told us to finish doing the rest of the workshop that we had left. Workshop is
the essay about the person that is the opposite of you. When we finish reading
and giving comments to my classmate’s workshop, Achy started talking about the
elements again. POV-Desire-Obstacle-Plan-Execution= Failure, and repeat it all
over again. Achy started talking about a professor that teaches physics and he
did a study on the human brain about how many twisted plots can a human brain
can handle. The answer is 3. I think this was a really cool think to know because
not a lot of people know this. Every day you learn something new. Then, Achy
started talking about a journalism that is on a journey right now. His name is
Paul Salopek, is a seven-year journey and it started in 2013. The journey began
in Ethiopia and it will end in South America in Tierra Del Fuego. Achy told us
to look and read about his journey and then we have to pick one of his journeys
because our next assignment is to write about a journey of someone. Then, Achy
let us out at 11:30 AM and be back at 1:30 PM.
I came straight to my room and started searching for Paul
Salopek journey walk. At 12 PM, I went to the Dining Hall to go get some to eat
real quick, and come back and keep searching for a journey that I want to write
about. When we went back to class and some of my classmates shared what journey
they like the most, Achy gave us a project that it needs to be done with a
group of three, but with different people who you haven’t worked with yet. In
my group I have Evan and Lisa they are both incredible writers. Achy let us go
at 2:30 PM, and then my group and went to another different room to start
brainstorming. We ended up picking a teenager girl and named her Wednesday, age
16, that her parent found out that she’s a lesbian and a dad that want to
reconnect with the family because of his work, he haven’t spent quality time
with his family. The dad decided to take a family road trip from San Jose to
Yellowstone Park. The challenging part is that we picked a teddy bear that was
giving to Wednesday on her third birthday by her grandma. I like my group
because they make the story more challenging and that is what will make it more
fun.
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| My Lunch |
Then, I went to meet with a tutor, Pamela Larigne, she is going
to help me out on improving more on my writing skills and we will be
working one on one. Pamela is a very nice, cool, and awesome woman. Pamela was
living in Point Richmond before she moved to Chicago and I find that a big
coincidence. We will meet every day except Sundays because it will be by break day.
I just want to thank all the people that are making this possible for me it
really means a lot for me. I want to thank Don too for believing in me and for
keeping me motivated, I appreciate it.
Then, I came back to my room and started doing research for my
group project. I’m really good at doing research, is one of my best skills I
have. My group and I are working on our project on Google Docs. We
putting our ideas down and we all work on it by adding or taking stuff
out.
Then, I needed a break, so I went down stairs to Halperin Lounge
where all my cohorts are at. We started blogging together and talking while we
blog. It felt good getting out of my room, but I have a weakness of getting
distracted around people and it takes me longer to do my work. That’s why I’m
always in my room because it helps me concentrate more and get my work done
more quickly. I just stayed with my cohorts until they were all done with their
work and I came up to my room to go to sleep.
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| When night comes it gets beautiful |
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| Taking Picture of the Residence Hall Buildings |
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