Final Week

I have learned a lot and improved as a writer in this course, and the most important thing is APA method. Now I know how to cite the name of the author, the year, and put the resources. I am proud that I have made some of the good scores in my writing because I have struggled at the beginning of the class,and I thought I as not going to make it through. I think the impact that I will have for the rest of my life is how to state another's ideas quoting  or paraphrasing effectively, not to copy and say that is my idea.

Writing Center Experiences.

I have some experiences after going to the Writing Center. At the first place, I thought I would, of course, prefer the face o face tutor because I Iike to communicate directly. However, after submitting and getting feedbacks from online tutor, I now prefer the online one. The reason is because when they send me back my final draft with has marked my writing errors, I can see clearly my mistakes and know how should I fix that. Maybe it is also because I didn't have a chance to talk with a better face to face one. I went there two times to see the same person, and she did help me, but I think it was not quite what I was expected. The only problematic with the online tutor is that I have to wait a long period of time to get my feedback, and sometimes my friends couldn't get their results in time. I am taking English 1301 for the next semester, so I m planning to go to the writing center again.however, I will book appointments with a different tutor in order to get better feedbacks, and I will use online tutor also.

Blog Experiences

          I had never written any blog until this writing class. I like this activity because I can write freely about what I think or any think. The best part is I don't have to worry about grammar or punctuations. I like reading my classmates' blogs because I can learn more from them, and it is fun. I also like to know what others thinking about the situations or things. Do they have the same point of view as mine? How would they respond to something or anything? I am trying to get used to the comments, and I think it is a good chance to practice writing English. It also shows how you think about the other's idea. I think without having to make 2 comments would make it easier not just different. However, We as students should not get too easy on our own because we are not going to learn effectively that way. 

Blog #10

 I have 71% of the 1-500 words type, 14% of the 501-3,000 words type, and 15% of the more than 3,000 words type. It was kind of surprised me because I thought my writing had more everyday words. I think I am happy with my result at the moment, but I need to improve more and more to be in English 1301 class next semester. I would like to change most of my content words because I want my writing to sound more academy. However, it is really hard to remember these words because they are long and complicated to me.

Gender Roles

I think Biology is more important in shaping gender roles because we were born the natural ways. Some people say it is easier to change the world than to change a person's personalities.  According to Hamilton McCubbin and Barbara Blum Dahl,(1895)" woman develope breasts and can bear and nurse children; men cannot (Par 9)". This is how we made of, Women are expected to be mothers and take care of the children while men are better at hunting and bring food for families. As a human, we can learn different things and be  different kinds of people, but we can not change how we really are ourselves.  Like Deborah Tannen, man and women are even different in communicating, expect things, and deal with problems. While women tend to have one or two best friends and share their secrets, men prefer to hang out in larger groups and play competitive games.

Ten Years Later

Imagine myself ten years later will be having two twin daughters, and I will dress them alike. I will buy same shoes and clothes for them. Iwill take plenty pictures of them and hang around our home. I will be working as a nurse and trying to make end meets. I will be travelled many places including Australia, Singapore, and Thai Lan. I will be able to speak English fluently. I will be able to make lots more money to support my family and my parents as they are getting older. I think success is when I can be independent in financial and take care of who I love. That might be mean that when I have a lot of money and can buy things without thinking too much. It is when I have time to go for vacation to see the world, to love and beloved. The most impportant I believe that success is when you achived your goals in your life and be happy, satisfied with it.

Library

I have my Library card because it is in the back of my student ID. I did not know until one of my teachers asked me to borrow some books from the library. I usually spend time in the library to study after class time because I think I can concentrate better in the school's environment. When I am surrounded  by people who were working hard with their assignments, I feel like being one of them. Sometimes, I stay in the library to hang out with my friends. I also went to the tutoring center to seek for help with my mathematic. Honestly, I rarely spent time in the library when I was in Vietnam. I found it interesting to sit in the library just to read a book sometimes. However, students in Vietnam don't have the habits to stay at the library and study. They tend to go to a coffee shop to have a drink, discuss their homework, and review their lessons. We don't have the library in town, but in universities. Vietnamese don't read a lot, they tend to talk more than read, I think. That is why they don't often visit the library.