Using Google + In The Class

I really liked being able to use Google + in the classroom, because you don't have to worry about the hassle of turning in work on time because your professor can see everything. Although that can be a plus and a negative it mostly helped me. I really hope that my future professors will use this cause it is very easy to turn in assignments immediately instead of copying and pasting from Word. Also they are always updating google apps and you never have to pay for it which is always a good thing when you don't have to pay.

Using Blogging In The Class

I really liked being able to blog this semester and commenting on others post, because it enabled me to be able to speak my mind on many different topics. I believe some teachers/professors tend to forget that it is very important for students to be able to speak their mind and be able point across well. Along with this is being able to take personal advice from others through their comments and being able to see what another likes and dislikes. The blogging experience over all was made to help us with being able to type our documents an be able to take advice from peer reviews, overall  I believe it did help me.

Peer Review

The peer review process enables me to see different view points other than my own which is really helpful because my peers will let me know what I did wrong and what I can change to help out my grade. I usually take the advice that people give me on my papers cause when they're reading it they have more of an open mind. Whenever I'm leaving advice for someone else I usually read over the paper first to make sure that I can fully grasp the story that way I can make accurate comments. After I do that I'll look for grammatical errors or little small things that they may have missed when typing the paper.

Doc 3

It took a lot of motiation for me to be able to type another essay because it's like I have to type one every week for different classes so when I found out I had to do this one I wasn't very happy. Luckily the paper just had to be on my wiki topic and the one that I chose was based off of something I love which was fashion so it was kind of easy for me once I caught the flow of things. The hardest part about it was being able to find information on Furla because there weren't that many websites giving history on the company and their current status of sales. So for that I kind of had to pull every little bit of information I could find on my topic and use it.

Open Post

Tonight I went to a party in Hawkinsville, and it was probably one of the best parties I've been to since my college career began in August. For the first time in a while I was able to go out with the squad and a dispute not start thankfully. The only thing that was kind of off last night was the DJ cause he played some music that nobody could dance to and slick downed my mood. Luckily for me and the squad by the end of the night he got better and we were turnt.

How I Revise My Documents

My first draft of a document is usually really crappy, because I and just trying to see if I can meet all of the requirements that the professor has asked for just so I can have the paper done. Once I am able to start revising and see where I went wrong is when my paper starts to improve by a lot. I am able to revise my papers by seeing where I went wrong first, and then I'll ask my peers to read it and see what I missed and how I can change my mistakes. I also look at what I can add to my paper to make it better and get a better grade.

Analyzing 2 Colleagues Post

My favorite post to read about this week were the ones that talked about childhood games that different students played when they were little, one post that David made said "the thrill of hide and go seek was increased when played at night in the woods". I have a similar experience, but instead I played ding dong ditch and would run around and knock on people's doors then run away. I can totally see why he had a lot of fun doing it. I also found someone talking about this game and her name is Eriana, she said "  I loved this game because you had to think about where you were going to hide, how you weren't going to get caught , and how you were getting back to base without getting tagged". Which is another reason why love this game.

Child/ Adult Conflict

I believe conflict between a child and their parent arises when he/she becomes a teenager, because the teen starts to believe that they can make more decisions for themselves now that their older and for most parents this is hard. Some parents are not ready to realize that their child is growing up and that they should let them be free, so they tend to keep a hold and may not let them do as much as the teen may believe that they should be able to do. For me this began to happen my 7th grade year because all of my friends were allowed to go to this one skating rink that had a teen club attached and my parents would never let me go so that created a conflict, but as I got older I have started to realize how much I miss being that young again.

Childhood Games

When me and my sister were little we didn't play outside as much, so we would always come up with these little games to play in our rooms when we got bored. One of them was called earthquake and we would sit all of our clothes up on the the bed and the one person would be on the bed and one would be on the floor. The person on the floor had sit in the fetal position and close their eyes, and the other person on the bed would just push the clothes off out of nowhere and it would cover the person on the floor. I honestly have no idea how me and my sister thought this was fun to be honest, we had to be extremely bored to come up with something like that.

How To Make Your Writing More Emphatic

When it comes down to writing I believe that you should always start out by asking yourself what you believe the subject is about coming from your own knowledge. After doing so do research to find out what it is really about and from there talk about what you have learned compared to what you thought before hand. This makes your writing more emphatic because people are able to see what you have learned and you are then able to pass on the knowledge in a more clear and concise manner. Usually this will grab the readers attention and they will be able to understand what is going on.

Role of Guns in America

Today in the United States the topic on guns is continuously brought up because now a days it's like we can't go anywhere without worrying about our safety. This is due to public shootings that have been increasing over the past couple of years, and no matter how many laws are passed it is like the government cannot come up with a proper solution to the problem. The most the government has tried to do with this is change the gun control laws, who can have a gun, and the times that you can buy a gun at. And even though all these laws have been made we still have isssues, which explains why it is being brought up in presidential debates now.

A Conflict I Have With Someone In My Family

A conflict I have with someone in my family is just plan sad and depressing. This conflict I have is between my cousin and I and all started when we finally decided what college we were going to go to. She decided to go to the University of Georgia while I decided to go to Middle Georgia State University. When it was time for us to leave off and go to school we were both very sad, because we have never been away from each other for over a week, and even though we go home once or twice a month we never go home at the same time which is just plain sad. We are planning on both being home for Thanksgiving so hopefully this will be a success.  

Colleagues Wiki Post

I was reading one of my colleague's posts about their wiki topic and I found it very interesting. Her name is Eriana and her topic is on "hairdressers". From reading about what she had learned, I was able to find out out that hairdressers go way back "The best information that I have learned about beauty salons is that have been around for centuries.They weren't like the beauty salons we have today, but they were considered salons because people did hair in them". I had no idea about this and was so interested in her topic that I will most likely be going back to her blog to read more about what she has learned about hairdressers and the history behind them. Another topic I found interesting was Genesis' topic on fashion, mainly because my minor after I leave this school will be fashion merchandising so I can become a clothing buyer. I was very intrigued from her information given to find out that "There annual salaries can run from $30,000 all the way up to $100,000 a year. The average buyer usually makes around $61,000 per year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics". This tells me that as a clothing buyer I would be making bank especially if I end up working for a high-end retail department store.

Wiki Topic

The best information I found on my topic mostly dealt with the history of Furla, because there was not that much information already found on the topic. Most of the information I got came from www.luxemag.org which talks more about the family business with also giving a timeline of the company's history. The title "Furla-the Italian Brand Handbags" really helped when it came down to what I was looking for. Another source that really helped me, came from an article that I found on Galileo.org, this particular article just went in depth as to Furla's image and how they can change it.

Nuclear Family

Aa changing relationship with my nuclear family would probably have to be from how over the years my father and I have grown apart. When I was little I was always a daddy'a girl and wherever he would go I would go to if he let me. As I have grown up over the years we have split apart because he does not know how to relate to me like he use to when I was little. Now a days I consider myself more of a Mommy's girl because whenever I go home I talk to her and tell her every thing.

Quoting Colleagues

After reading some people's post on the stereotypes between men and women, I found out that a lot of my classmates believe that the women are stereotyped more than men. On TJ's blog he said that "I really hate it for the women when a man "degrades" her just because she is a woman". It is really sad when we are degraded especially when it comes down to trying to get a job and the person reviewing your information is probably a man, because if there are more men applying for a job it is more likely for the man to get selected although they may have the same amount of experience. Another good example I found was on Monica's blog she said "a guy is dating this girl but on the side he still talks to other girls . he tells his friends and his friends think its cool and its alright for him to do that . but if a girl is in a relationship with a guy and talks to other guys. its a problem and she called tramp or doing something she shouldn't", this just shows that all around we bare judged by other women and men. 

Wiki Article

From my Wikipedia article I have learned that it is going to take a lot of work for my to edit these paragraphs because the original writer included very little information. This most likely means that they did not spend much time on it and took what they thought was most important from their sources. For me it is gonna be difficult to find what information needs to be added and dropped, along with finding sources that are worthy to use. Especially sense my article is based off a couple that is high-end and finding accurate information for something that is not made for everybody makes it harder also.

Effective Intro For A Wikipedia Article

I believe that an effective intro to a Wikipedia article will say what your article is about and go very in depth with it. I am  not saying to start it off like how you would with a thesis in an essay. No matter what you are talking about, I believe that you should start off by giving a little bit of history and why the topic is so important that it needs an article on Wikipedia. For example if you are creating an article on a company you would probably start with a little bit of origin and why the company is so popular today.

How Men and Women Stereotype Eachother

I personally believe it is women that have it worse than men when it comes down to stereotyping, although we are stereotyped by the same things. Women and men both get stereotyped by the jobs we have, playing video games, how we should act and etc. The difference between these two comes in when it is who is stereotyping who. Men are usually stereotyped by other men and not many women say something about this, but for women we are stereotyped by men and women. Men will usually stereotype us by the jobs that they believe we should have and believing that all women should stay inside most of the time and cook and do housework while the men provide for the family. Now when it comes down to women stereotyping other women it mostly comes from older women saying that all ladies should sit with their legs closed and sit up straight or that women are suppose to be seen and not heard.

Organization of My Wikipedia Article

Well at first my Wikipedia article was based on clothing buyers, then the MCM brand, and now it is on the Furla brand. I changed it because the article has a lot that I can add to it sense it is still starting up. So far I have decided to find out everything that the article is missing and what can be added to make it successful. To do so I have been reading different articles about the company and putting them in my reading list so I can refer back to them later on.

Finding Humor In A Strange Situation

I am a person that can laugh in really awkward situations and always find humor in something so I won't show my real emotions. Like a couple weeks ago me and my friends went to Statesboro to go out one night, and there was a lot of tension in my car. My car seats a maximum of 5 people, but that night I had a total of 7. This is where some of the tension came from, because my friend and her boyfriend were arguing because he did not want her to ride with her other friends so she rode with me and sense my car was full she had to sit on his lap and that made everything 10x worse because they were both pissed off at each other and arguing for 20 minutes about the situation. In the meantime I just thought it was hilarious that she had to sit on his lap the whole 2 hrs back and they were arguing.

MLA Format

MLA format is my favorite to use when it comes to writing essays. One of the main reasons it is my favorite comes from the fact that before college I was never told what APA format is not how to use it. My teachers always told me to use MLA, and throughout the years I learned more and more about it such as font size, using quotes, what font to use, and etc. Now that I am in college I have learned even more and I thought I already knew everything about essay formats but I guess I was wrong.

Wiki Reading List

I changed my topic again and for the last time (I hope) to a fashion line that has become well-known here in the U.S. over these last couple of years. The line is called Modern Creation Munich and most of their bags, shoes, belts, etc. will have a MCM logo all over. To start off my reading list I have been looking up their history and coming up with different categories I can add to the MCM page. One of the categories I have decided to add is store locations, which will show where you can find the store around the world and not just here in the U.S.

Sloppy vs Neat People

Compared to the readings that we did on this subject, I disagree with what the writer said about sloppy people. The way that she talked about sloppy people by saying that the simply have a deeper system to go about things. This's gives the idea that sloppy people are simply neat. They just think deeper than them, and that means that sloppy is not really a thing and it is. Being sloppy to me means that you are too lazy to do simple activities and that you put some things off until the last minute, whereas being neat you may not be eager to do simple activities but you go ahead and do them so you can be done with it.

Gay Marriage

Mark 10:6-9 But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”


I personally do not agree with Gay Marriage and my purpose for saying so comes from my religion and what is in the Bible. Marriage is between a man and a woman, not a man and man nor woman and woman. This is not to say that I dislike a person because of their sexuality or who they choose to date but I dislike the sin. Although Katha Pollitt believes that gay marriage is okay and does not really care for marriage as she says in her article. She says that "The marriage of man and woman is "sacred," and opening it to same sexers violates its sacred nature". I do agree with this, but to a certain extent, because we are open to letting them in but it is if they are willing to change their way of sexuality to let God into their life.

Wikipedia Topic

From the research I have started doing, I have finally came to the conclusion of what I want my Wikipedia topic to be which is based of the career of a clothing buyer. Not a lot of people know what a clothing buyer is, and although you can find information about it on Wikipedia there is not much there. Also I know that there are a lot of websites and books out there with good information that I can use for this project. If you were to compare this career to a regular buyer you would most likely find more information because it is not going in depth into what they do exactly and the different types of buyers that are out there.

Writer's Voice in Wikipedia

I get on Wikipedia daily just to read biographies about people, TV shows, and different subjects that just interest me. One topic I have looked up recently was about different hazing cases that have taken place in the United States over the years. The writer's voice on this topic was very artsy with the subject and enables the writer to go a long way with the subject. The writer on Wikipedia always is tough on what to put and make existent.

Doc1 Thesis

My group took on our Doc1 subject by talking about why it is important to create a professional image now, and the consequences that can come up if you do not. From this we came up with three different topics to talk about in our thesis which includes not getting accepted into schools, the government, and a persons future. All three of these topics we found to be important when it comes to creating a professional image now.

Handling A Reader On Doc1

The Doc 1 topic was based on "Why College Students Should Create A Professional Image?". When writing an essay like this you should not fall off topic, you should always stay on topic and not be boring with the subject. There are many ways you can take this topic like by giving tips, talking about different professional images, ways that you can ruin you professional image, and etc. Whichever way you decide to go, remember that there will be someone reading the essay and if they do not find it appealing you can find yourself in a predicament with the reader and their comments. Now when it does come down to their comments always remember you can take it two ways, take their comment and apply it, or not use it at all. Just know that they are trying to help you and that it is always good to have a second person to look at your essay.

Handling A Reader On Wikipedia

When editing on Wikipedia, you must remember that someone else will be reading your work and that it will be most likely used for educational purposes. With that being said, you must be sure that information put out is accurate and is necessary for the text. If information is put in the wrong place and does not make sense, there is a good chance it may get deleted. Lastly you must know who your audience is and that there is a difference between a essay and encyclopedia writing.

Wiki Topic 2

I am really excited to start editing on wikipedia especially on different topics I love to talk about. I really like to do research and learn about new topics so I can inform others about what I have learned. This first topic that I would probably edit will probably have something to do with different happenings that take place on a college campus.

Open Choice (college life)

With this being my first year as a college student, it has been pretty easy. The workload is about the same as in high school. The difference between the two is that in high school they would give you time to complete the work in class but in college the tell you when the work is due and you do it on your own time. I have learned out to balance my schedule so I have time do the work and do not start last minute but its going to take a lot for me to go along with this because I am a huge procrastinator :).

Writing As A Tool For Learning

Whenever I think about how I write to learn is first by going to class. My History professor will usually have a lecture every class and I will take notes the entire class period. After this I will go to my room and begin studying what I have learned and try to put all of my notes together in a document so it will make since to me. This will make it easier for me to understand and comprehend the information that way when I take my quiz I will hopefully be able to pass. This is how I write to learn in class.

Wiki Topic

This week I learned more about Wikipedia and how big of an impact it really has on the people who create the post and the people that edit them and their outlook on it. From the video "Impact of Wikipedia" it shows that even though the people that make the post on Wikipedia are not getting paid for it, they get motivation to do it when they make that post and it gets plenty of views and then they realize that they are making a difference by educating others. It is just like the "Writing to Learn" video where first you learn about a subject and then you engage.

Writing To Learn

Writing to learn is completely based around writing a message that will educate another person about an academic subject. Your first step to achieve this goal is to listen to who is teaching the subject and you take notes. As time goes on you are able to start to learn it and you are able to then begin engaging with others. It is just like going about a regular semester of classes. You listen to the teacher and you start to study the subject, and the more you are able to study the subject the more you are able to learn it. Then by the end of the semester, you can hopefully be able to engage by taking your final exam and use all of the knowledge you have gained to do well on it.

What I Have Learned From My Doc1

My Doc1 was based off of why it is important for college students to create a professional online image. From working on the topic and doing research, it has made me realize that I really need to start looking at the things I post online and what I retweet or favorite on twitter. Twitter is something I really have to be alert about because I just started using it a couple of months ago and sometimes the things that I post on there my parents, coach, and employer would most definitely not like it. This assignment has also given me tips on how to start my online professional image by using a website like LinkedIn which is like an online resume and in the future can help employers when I am working on my career.

My Future Profession

Currently I am majoring in marketing and hopefully once I graduate from college I will be able to work as a clothing buyer for a high-end retail store like Barney's or Saks Fifth Ave. My reason for wanting to have this profession is because ever since my Freshman year of high school when I learned about marketing, I fell in love with it. There are so many little components that fall behind with it and fashion is the component I have chosen to do.

Introduction

Hello, my name is Chloe Amos and this is my first year at MGSU. I previously attended Hardaway High School in Columbus, GA all four years of my high school career, while I was there I was on the varsity cheerleading team and an active member in FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America). Being involved in FBLA helped me to find my passion for marketing and business which has led me to become a marketing major here at MGSU.