- your major and professional goals after graduation
- your language background--home language(s) and languages you've studied
- writing experience (in English and other languages)
- your political history--how interested and involved you are in politics (but you don't need to disclose your allegiances unless you'd like to)
- hobbies and interests
Remember that blog posts need to be at least 300 words long and that you need to send me your blog user name by Friday's class.
due Friday, 8/31
Currently, my major is political science/pre-law and international relations with a concentration in African Studies. I am working on a certificate for political communication and one for world and peace studies. After graduation, I would like to become a lobbyist, work in the UN, go to law school, or become a political science professor. My native language is English. I can speak enough Spanish to be able to travel to a Spanish speaking country and communicate well. I am currently beginning Arabic in hopes to better communicate with my friends from Saudi and Kuwait. I'm not exactly sure what you mean by 'writing experience', but I do like to write. It helps me get out all the crazy jargon in my add head. I am very political, as you probably figured out. I am also very liberal. I recently became involved with the bobcats for Obama club on campus. I am also involved with an organization on campus called future women of Appalachia. We are an organization that helps to empower young women (middle schoolers) to seek beyond the situations they’re surrounded by in this region and hope for better. There are those rare instances I will agree with a Republican’s statement or view on an issue, but that is very rare. I am pro-choice, for gay marriage, for Obamacare, and against drug testing people on welfare. I am very interested with international politics and am an advocate for the DR Congo and Uganda. Another club I am involved with is Bobcats for a conflict free campus (OU is finally conflict free!). This is important to me because the deadliest war since WW2 is occurring now in the Congo and is being funded by the conflict minerals. My free time consists of catching up on sleep, eating, spending time with my boyfriend, and watching chick flicks. I love pinterest and am obsessed with twitter. I also like to read. John Grisham is my favorite author. I did hop on the fifty shades of grey bandwagon and am obsessed with Christian Grey.
ReplyDeleteHello, my name is Julie Topping. I'm from Circleville, Ohio, and I'm a senior Life Science Education major. After graduation (and passing the Praxis!), I'll be certified to teach high school Life Sciences, which includes biology, environmental science, anatomy, etc. I'm hoping to get a job soon after graduation, so I can begin working toward receiving my Masters of Education. Ideally, I'll teach at a small to medium-sized rural school since they are perfect for having GREAT outdoor classrooms.
ReplyDeleteI was raised speaking English at home and everywhere else. However, in high school, I began learning German through school. I chose to learn German instead of the more common Spanish or French because my family is originally from Germany. Actually, my great-grandparents on my mother's side was the first generation of my family to arrive from Germany. I hope to visit the country someday with my two brothers since they both also speak German.
I have plenty of writing experience, I suppose, since I have taken English classes since the beginning of my schooling. Throughout high school and middle school, I was in the accelerated and Advanced Placement English classes, and most years I really liked my classes although I've always been more partial to reading and not so much writing. Outside of school, I haven't done much writing. I have tried 3 or 4 times to start a journal, but it usually only lasts for 1 or 2 days before I get bored.
Politics aren't a big thing in my life. It's not so much that I don't have opinions on different political issues or anything, but I just don't subscribed to the beliefs of one particular political party or follow one political candidate. In fact, I don't follow any. My main concerns are issues about the environment and education, but nothing else really.
How I spend my free time on campus and how I spend my free time at home are two entirely different things - mainly because I usually do not have any free time on campus. Nevertheless, when in Athens, I'm involved in Alpha Phi Omega, a co-ed community service fraternity, for which I do over 50 hours of community service during the school year. I'm also a part of the OU-NSTA, the OU chapter of the National Science Teachers Association. We do cool, nerdy science things together. I also teach two biological sciences Learning Communities in the evening, and I teach a wonderful bunch of high school biology students at Trimble High School every morning. When I'm not doing that, I'm usually sleeping or spending time with my boyfriend, who happens to be my high school sweetheart as well. We watch movies, go to hockey and soccer games, or do outdoorsy activities. When I'm at home relaxing, I also like to read a lot. I recently finished the second book of A Song of Ice and Fire series aka Game of Thrones. I also really like painting, making DIY crafty things, doing yoga, and hiking.
Hello everyone, my name is Olivia Goins-Jordan , I am a Sophomore here at Ohio University and I am from Cleveland Ohio. You may be wondering, why I’m in junior comp if I am only a sophomore. Well in high school I took postsecondary classes, which means for two years I took college classes along with my required high school classes. I am a psychology major, and I plan on getting my masters in psychology, specifically counseling. My mother is a special-ed teacher and in high school I helped in her classroom a lot. I knew I wanted to work with kids who needed more help than others but I also knew I didn’t want to be a teacher, which led me to psychology.
ReplyDeleteI am passionate about the art of dance, I have been dancing since the age of four and it is one of the only things that help me relieve stress. Along with dance I enjoy reading and running, those are other things I do to help relieve stress. With my friends I enjoy partying, watching movies, or simply just sitting in my dorm laughing at the stupid things we say. I am interested in the brain and how it works, also I am interested in mythical stories and unusual ideas.
English is my language of choice, when it comes to foreign language, it is hard for me to grasp, although I am familiar with Spanish and Italian. In high school, reading and writing were always my strong points. I especially loved when were allowed to red a book of choice and review that book.
I am not politically active at all, never have been. Although, I do keep up to date with the presidential elections and I consider my self a part of the Democratic Party.
For my career I decided to go the non-traditional path. I wanted a degree in which I could create, that I could pick the classes I would like to take. Around my sophomore year of college I decided to apply for the BSS (Bachelors of Specialized Studies) program here at Ohio University, in Management of the Arts. In this degree I wanted a wide range of classes such as, Management, Art History, Marketing, and Communications. The reason why I chose this degree was to be a well-rounded individual able to work in various fields of employment. My all-time goal with my degree is to be a museum curator at a renowned museum or art gallery. This might take some time due to the fact, that one simply doesn't become a curator at a museum overnight, to become a curator you have to start low and work up the ladder to the curator’s position. So if I have a well-rounded education in multiple fields this will benefit my overall goal of becoming a curator at a museum or gallery. My language background is that of an Appalachian family, I speak English but have the southern accent and do not do well in language and writing. In high school I studied Spanish for one years, but do not recall any of my formal knowledge of the subject. My experience I have in writing is a lot, but I am not a good writer so sometimes it seems childish and non-professional. This is because of the brain tumor that I have all my optic nerve. The tumor itself visually and mentally impairs me so I'm not as great in English or writing. My political history I wish not to discuss because I think politics are stupid and all politicians are corrupt. I rarely have time to have any hobbies or interests because I'm a full-time student, and have two part-time jobs. So I do not have the luxury of having any interests or hobbies.
ReplyDeleteMy name is Maggie Clark and I am a junior here at Ohio University. My major is Communication Studies with a concentration in Political Communications and a minor in Social Service. After graduation I hope to attend law school for media and technology law. After that, I hope to use my law degree to do communications and legal consulting for political campaigns and media outlets. My “home” language is English but I have studied both French and Spanish although not extensively. My writing experience includes basic writing for my classes and although I did not take Eng. 151 I have taken various other English classes because I simply enjoy writing. I have also written for an online publication here at the university called The Essay Magazine. I’ve always been extremely interested in politics and have become quite involved in college. I have taken many political science and political communications classes and I have found that I am fascinated by the workings of a political campaign (speeches, commercials etc.). Also, this summer I attended a weeklong workshop called NEW Leadership Ohio at the John Glenn School of Public Affairs at Ohio State. The workshop focused entirely on women in politics and what running for political office entails. Even though I spend a lot of time studying political campaigns I am not entirely sure where my allegiances lie. I am very strongly opinionated about certain issues that I support or do not support but I find that a lot of my beliefs cross and blur party lines. I am hoping eventually with enough knowledge and experience from life and classes like this one, I can learn to define exactly what my political stances are. Basically, although I am unsure of what party I fully support I enjoy studying the underlying concepts of politics for example: why politicians say the things they say, or why it is so important to have a good “family image” while running for office. My hobbies include being outdoors, doing crafts and spending time with friends and family.
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ReplyDeleteMy name is Gabe Marchetti and I study video production through Scripp's College of Communication at Ohio University. While my major is more focused on the communication and technology involved with video than the potential to make art, I take interest in film studies and related classes because they allow the freedom of expression. In addition, I dabble in both film and digital photography as a hobby. I've served as a volunteer photographer for Pine-Richland High School in my home town of Gibsonia, Pennsylvania. I consider skateboarding my only other serious hobby. I plan to move to either New York City of Los Angeles not long after I graduate to work in narrative film or television production. My dream is to work on feature length films as a director of photography. If traveling doesn't work, I'd choose to stay in Pittsburgh because we have a growing influence in the film market as well as public television through WQED. I speak only English with an elementary knowledge of French from my high school class experience. I've taken creative screenwriting classes for film and video but I've never had my work produced or otherwise published. I do very little writing outside of required coursework, though English is one of my corollary focuses outside my major. Shortly after my 18th birthday I registered as a Democrat in the state of Pennsylvania. However, I have a very shallow understanding of politics and have found that I don't I don't fully identify with either party. My main interest in politics is finding the lesser evil and voting accordingly. I typically avoid political debates because I find that discussions among young people typically end in name calling.
ReplyDeleteMy name is Brittasha King, I am a junior AYA Integrated Language Arts Education major, pursuing a minor in history as well from Etna, OH (about twenty minutes east of Columbus). I’d like to student teach aboard next spring semester in Ireland to get a chance to experience another cultures educational system. Upon graduation, and passing the praxis, I hope to get a job teaching high school American Literature in a suburban setting or somewhere in North Carolina.
ReplyDeleteI have spoken English my entire life and that is what my family and I speak at home. I took four years of Spanish in high school however, though I cannot speak it fluently still. When it comes to writing experience I’ve taken English classes every year I have been in school and every quarter I have been at OU, well now it will be every semester. I also have experiences writing in Spanish as well but that was mainly in high school when we would write essays in our Spanish classes.
I do not have much in the way of political history, while I am a registered voter and try to keep up with what is going on in the political world, I am mainly concerned with what the issues in Education as well as healthcare as both of those issues are of great importance to me.
My hobbies and interest vary; I am a RA on campus so I suppose you could say my RA duties could be considered an interest because I do enjoy my job. I enjoy reading though I do not particularly have a favorite author. Though after some persuasion from my friends, I did hop on the Fifty Shades bandwagon as well. I use to be a dancer but after a tumble down the steps after class last year, and a walking boot later I have had to put that hobby aside. I also enjoy shopping, watching movies, drinking coffee and watching Married to Jonas.
My name is Sara Walborn. My major is Restaurant Hotel & Tourism with a Business minor. After graduation I would love to do fundraising or event planning for a non-profit organization. I am open to a variety of organizations but am particularly attached to Big Brothers Big Sisters. I have done volunteer work for them over the past several years and support all of the wonderful things that they do for the children in their program.
ReplyDeleteBesides English I have only taken a few Spanish classes in High School. I did not have a particularly fond experience but often wish that I had stuck with Spanish or switched to another language.
At Ohio University I have taken English 151 that expanded my writing skills. Surprisingly, some of my University required classes helped my writing such as Sociology 101. We had to write research papers and my professor was great in helping us develop our writing skills as well. I also took many Communication Studies classes which helped me to understand the English language more. Specifically, I was a TA for COMS 101 for two quarters last year. This experience taught me so much about both writing and communicating.
Like many others, I do not really have a political history. I am registered to vote and have always done my research before voting. I do not usually get passionate about particular candidates. I’m looking forward to this class and the amount that I will learn about the candidates for the upcoming election. Hopefully it will expand my political knowledge and allow me to be a more educated voter.
I don’t have many hobbies but I do enjoy cooking, reading, and spending time with family and friends. College has definitely taught me to cherish the time that I have doing these things because there is not much free time in my life anymore.
My name is Xiaodan Feng. I come from Beijing, which is the capital city of China. I am majoring in economics in the Ohio University. Before I when to the United States, I got a degree of Business Administration and had a job in China. I worked in the Ministry of Environmental Protection of China. The department, which I work in, was the International Cooperation. I was chosen by my superior when I just graduated from the college. The job taught me that everything could have at least one solution if people really want to solve it. I think I will go beck to that job after I graduate from Ohio University because the environmental protection work in China needs lots of people. I believe serve the motherland is an inherent responsibility for human.
ReplyDeleteMy native language is Chinese. English is the normal second language which is taught in middle schools in China. When I graduated from high school, I learned a little French before I want to the college. I think language is something that we can never completely understand. For instance, my native language is Chinese, but I do not have the confidence about my writing. I can just say that the college writing test is not difficult for me. Since I am studying aboard, I always write letters with my family and friends. I like writing. However, I like to write for fun. When I was in middle school, I learned lots of writing skills to make my writing get higher scores in tests. After I finished my college studying, I had more time to write for fun. At that time, I wrote some short stories online and made some friends because of writing. English is not my native language. Although I have learned English for more than ten years, I still make lots of grammar mistakes. Writing in English is totally academic writing for me now. It seems like a tool for me to get the degree.
I was born in a traditional Chinese family. My family taught me that the nationality might be changed, but a person can never belong to a place except his or her motherland. My family members encourage me to travel around the world. They believe that people should open their mind to learn more than stay in hometown when they are young. The experiences of international cooperation work and study in the United States let me understand that political is everywhere. Political enemies are not real enemies; they just have no common goals.
I come from a country, where has different culture and form of government. In our five-thousand year history, so many political stories and theories are left and used until now. I like to visit different places and learn different cultures. I believe that different cultures lead to different political structures. On the other side, I like the nature; I like to take care of animals and plants. Therefore, I think the best choice for me in the future is go back to the environmental protection career, still work for the department of international cooperation. The job will be my hobby. This time I am not be chosen by anyone to do the job, I will go back to the job just because I like to work for it.
My name is Colleen Thoburn and I am a junior studying Speech Pathology. I grew up in a very small town in Northeastern Ohio. After graduation, I plan on attending graduate school at Cleveland State University so I can hopefully work at the Cleveland Clinic after attaining a Master’s Degree. After establishing a career and a family, I would love to go back to school to strive for a Ph.D. in my field.
ReplyDeleteMy spoken language is English, but I studied French in high school. After graduation, I went on a school trip to Europe where I was able to practice my French. Last year, I took two quarters of Italian in order to fulfill the language requirements for my major. I have a lot of experience writing in English—I took several creative writing courses and seminars in high school—but I don’t have much experience writing in other languages.
My political history is somewhat nonexistent up until this point. Due to the fact that I was not old enough to vote in the last presidential election, I didn’t take the time to really read and learn about each side. I have voted in a few local elections, and I like the feeling of having a say in who officiates my home town. I am very excited and also a little nervous to vote in the upcoming election. I am not registered with either party, and there is endless information behind each issue; I am anxious to learn as much as I can before I choose who I am going to vote for.
My hobbies include reading, sailing, softball, and riding my bike. I love to be outdoors and around other people. I have recently become occupied with trying to learn how to cook for myself since I no longer live on campus. It is definitely a work in progress…lots of grilled cheese and PB&J.
My name is Michael Glod and I am front Pittsburgh PA. I am a Communications major right now and may be double majoring in something else still deciding. I can truly say I have know idea what I'm going to do after I graduate nor do I know where i will be. I have a feeling I will just take whatever options are given to me. This is cause I feel I will still be trying to figure out what I want to do when I graduate.
ReplyDeleteMy language is definitely only English. It is the only language anyone in my family ever speaks. I was in Spanish in high school, but it did not work out for me. I hated it and didn't learn anything.
To be honest my writing is not very impressive. I have always found it to be one of my weaker spots. I have good ideas and can be very persuasive. although when it comes to writing it down on a piece of paper it usually turns to rubbish or becomes difficult to read.
Politics has never been a big hobby of mine. My parents don't have much interest and I may have gotten it from them. I really don't care about the whole politics thing. I don;t pay attention and probably never will. I like living life without the idea that there are people around me who want to feel power over others because I find that to be problematic. I feel everybody has the chance to do good or bad and all the pressure presented involved with politics can create interesting solutions that may not be the best for the people.
I like snowboarding a lot and being creative. I like art in many forms. I really like video and photography. Other than that I pretty much just like to hang out with my friends/family and enjoy ourselves as much as possible.
My major is digital media or SEGA which is the games and animation major of scripts. My goal in my professional life is to be an animator. The ideal place that I would work at would be Pixar as a character animator. My language back ground is English. I was born and raised to speak English and it is the only language that I know. I have taken two years of Spanish in high school, however, none of that stuck so now I have no memory of how to say, read, nor write anything in Spanish. MY writing experience is some college courses in my first year of college back when I was attending Cuyahoga Community College. I attended Tri-C for a year before transferring over to Ohio University and while there I enrolled in two writing courses one of which was an equivalent class to the freshmen writing courses at OU. The only other writing to note is in high school I was into creative writing and was published in the schools magazine called ink well. I also worked on the magazine for my high school as an extracurricular group my senior year. I would not say that I have a very strong political history except for when I was a senior in high school and was studying the United States Government. That year was a presidential election so we were concentrating on that and I formed my opinions of both parties and their candidates and came to the conclusion that I did not like either side to vote for them. So the more I studied and learned about politics the more frustrated I became with them. I would not say I am invested in politics as of right now, however, I do love my country and am willing to give it another try to learn both parties and make a decision. My hobbies include video games, watching movies, reading, writing, and drawing. Those are the things I like to do in my spare time in order from favorite on down.
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ReplyDeleteHello everyone! My name is Shanon Wise and I’m a junior here at Ohio University. I major in Fine Art Photography and am also getting a certificate in Environmental Studies. I have always been interested in photography and have been practicing seriously for about four years now. I am also a nature lover, so the majority of my work focuses on the outdoors. I hope to one day shoot for National Geographic or a non-profit environmental organization. I believe that photography has the ability to tell powerful stories and can be an important tool with issues like conservation.
ReplyDeleteOn my free time, I love to travel, read, spend time with my boyfriend, and drink large quantities of coffee. One of my goals in life is to travel and shoot in as many interesting places as I can. Recently, I studied abroad in Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands. This summer, I interned at The Wilds – North America’s largest conservation center – in Cumberland, Ohio. I am also involved with a couple of organizations on campus including Eco-Reps and Save Our Seas, a group I am the president and founder of.
Although I hope to travel the world someday, my foreign language skills are not up to par (but I hope to change that soon). English is my first language, but I do have some years of Spanish under my belt, and am currently taking my first year of Italian. As far as my writing and English experience goes, this is my second college English course. I also took quite a bit of English, including an AP course, in high school.
Moving on to my thoughts with politics, I consider myself to have mostly liberal views and side with the Democratic Party on a majority of issues. The things I pay most attention to in politics include environmental and civil rights issues. I am a big advocate for animal rights and similar issues, which while they do not come up often in debates, are still important to me. Environmental conservation, alternative energy, and climate change issues are probably my number one concern when deciding on issues, and will influence who I vote for in this coming election.
Hello, my name is Darby MacDonald. I am currently a junior double majoring in Health Services Administration and Nursing. I plan to eventually work as a Physician’s Assistant at a dermatologist’s office or maybe a traveling nurse. But I’m always changing my mind! I can only speak English unfortunately but I studied Latin for four years at my Catholic high school. As for my writing experience, I kept a journal for a year based on my life as a junior at a Catholic high school (as did the rest of my classmates) for my English class. I enjoy writing and telling stories but my experience in writing is far from professional. I’m also sad to say that I have obediently followed my parents’ political views all my life without questioning or second guessing. I’ve never been active politically or really even had a desire to be until now. I hope taking this class helps me decide what my own political views are so I can voice them as and independent young adult and not just repeating what I’ve been told to believe. Some of my hobbies include making unique and interesting household décor/furniture, painting, and making new clothes from old ones. I love painting portraits of people close to me and ideas that I can’t vocalize as well as I can visualize. It’s the most rewarding feeling when I finish a painting, and I love having those paintings all around my room to remind me of that feeling. But above all else travel is something that truly intrigues me. I hope that after I graduate travel is something I can really engage in without having to worry about finances or school. I feel that to really live one has to see all the places and all the people in the world and experience what they have to offer; because if you’ve only ever been comfortable and familiar, there’s nothing extraordinary about that.
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Hello, I am Dolores Bosse, I go by Lori.
I am a junior here at Ohio University. My major is Special Education, moderate to intensive. I would like to focus on Autism. I would like to do this because I think that it has such a growing field and I find it very interesting. There are no cures thus far but yet more and more diagnosis everyday. After graduation, I would like to get experience in the classroom setting. I would want to teach either younger child in elementary school or high school setting. Teaching has always been my passion. After the classroom, I would like to combine my two passions and own a therapeutic riding and horsemanship barn.
My language background is English. Everyone in my family speaks and writes in English. I am the only one in my immediate family that has taken other languages. I have taken about five years of Spanish.
My writing in English is basic, I would say. I love to write. In high school I took composition courses, which I enjoyed. I took an English course my freshman year here at Ohio University as well.
My political history is not too intense. I have never really been involved in politics. I have grown up with a Republican family, but they don’t base their voting’s on that more so the person and their own personal beliefs.
I love sports and being active. I love hiking, camping, and being outside. Most of all I love riding horses and barrel racing. I like to read and write as well.