Table Of Contents

Table of Contents My Reflection Of Me Intro to Community Community Intro to Identity Marker Identity Marker Intro to What’s in my Wallet What’s in your Wallet? Intro to Tradition Online Dating vs. Courtship

My Reflection Of Me

     My name is Tricia Jones, and I am 35 years old. I have 3 fantastic kids and my first and most important thing in my life is my children. I love to travel, go to ball games and work with people. My dream job is to get a major in Human Resources and bachelors in Science and Business Administration working for a large company. My mom was my age when she got her masters. She inspired me to never give up and work hard to get where I want to go.

    My favorite subject has always been English so this has been quite the experience because it took me out of my comfort zone. I have learned a lot about writing and what I thought I was really good at; I’ve learned I have a lot of work to do. I found my weaknesses and have worked on my strengths.

     I have enjoyed working on our Identity, Community and Tradition essays but have found it really challenging due to my lack of knowledge on analyzing. I am an emotional writer so analyzing has been difficult but fun to explore. I think it is so important to slow life down long enough to really take a look at where we came from and why?

     What has stood out for me is that we all have the same desire to belong. We all have traditions that are important to us and we all search for meaning. I did one essay on the movie “Edward Scissor Hands” and chose that one because I think we have all felt left out at one time in our life and we have all felt like an outsider of a community at some point. This was a good one for me to write on because it was the easiest one to relate to. However, it wasn’t my best work but it did bring out my want to look deeper into my writing.

     This class has been an enjoyment for me but found I went from being a straight A student to about a C, J So I have much to work on. To pursue my degree in business I will continue to work hard and gather as much knowledge as I can in the meantime.

     I look forward to working on this e portfolio. Have a great rest of the quarter!

Intro to Community....

This was my favorite assignment. I had  no idea Text messaging was considered a community until I really put some thought into it.
     "What tends to hold this community together is it gets to where it is going and people have time to respond. In the long run they are still connected; they just have the ability to respond when they can. Normally your interests, needs and values are expressed through your conversations and you are able to sometimes express yourself in ways you might not in person."
 I have learned how to analyze better and not make assumptions that I understand it when I don't always see it in detail.This has changed how I write and this class has overall changed how I look at things which is a lot clearer now. I have learned to analyze. :)

Community

Text messaging is a community"

What makes text messaging a community is that it is your friends and people you know. It includes ways to speak to someone and be a part of a community without picking up the phone. It’s a quick reply to an answer or a way of discussing something when you’re in a hurry. What tends to hold this community together is it gets to where it is going and people have time to respond. In the long run they are still connected; they just have the ability to respond when they can. Normally your interests, needs and values are expressed through your conversations and you are able to sometimes express yourself in ways you might not in person. The people in your community tend to share the same things, from just wanting a quick response to trying to fit conversation into their daily busy lives. Tensions that could arise from this community however, could be miss communication or the emotion behind someone’s voice.

I fit into this group because my life is very busy and I don’t always have the time to talk on the phone. I enjoy being part of this community because it allows me to still have a life with my friends and family while trying to maintain school and family life. I never had this available when I was growing up; in some ways this may have been better because when you are able to speak to someone on the phone you get a lot more from it. However, this still provides me with the comfort of knowing I’m close to the people I care about and can maintain relationships even when Im super busy.

Intro to Identity Marker....

Identity is who we are, not what people assume we are...

I went on to say how unfortunately we are not always in control of what people think of us or how they see us. Alot of times people will make an assumption about us before we have an opportunity to show them who we really are and not by just what we look like. I considered this as an anyone audience because I think it could be a subject that could cause discussion agree or dis agree. I found this assignment to be fun and has broadened my thought process to become a better writer.

Identity Marker

Identity can be so many things in my opinion. How do others perceive us? I think they first see what gender and what our cultures are. I also believe that unfortunately they make assumptions based off our looks; what we wear, how we act and whether we are extroverted or introverted. Identity is who we are, not what people assume we are.

The first thing I notice about people is how they interact with others, if they are male or female and how they dress. I don’t mean to make an identity marker off that but it tends to be my initial thoughts as I first meet someone. I think Identity is marked in a lot of ways but we become who we are by the way we are brought up and by how we were raised. I think people first notice about me my personality, I’m a very optimistic person, along with how I look. I’m extremely humble and have worked really hard to be where I am and become who I am. I have been pinned as being high maintenance or being un approachable when in reality that’s not who I am at all. Identity is important to us all because it defines us. We work hard to be who we are. 

In the stories we have read, these women worked hard by showing courage and describing the hardships just to fit in. In Queen Latifah’s story “Who you callin’ a Bitch?” she made a statement about how someone called her a tomboy and she ran home crying. Her mom then tells her “to go back out and say she is not a tomboy but athletic.” People make assumptions a lot of times off what they think our identity is, sadly a lot of times it’s incorrect. We aren’t always in control of how people perceive us but by being self-aware we have the ability to change the perception others have of us.

Intro to What's In My Wallet.....

This was a fun piece to write, I had never once opened my purse and wondered what people would think if they were to look inside and I wasn't there. I realized all the small things that can make up who we are and what things people notice about me.