My professor asked me and my classmates to link What is Fan Fiction -- and why is it making people nervous? (Stephen Downes), and he also asked us to link Rewinding and Rewriting: The Alternate Universes in Our Head (Hidden Brain Podcast) into our blog post. Then he asked us to respond to the following questions that you can find on his website and for us to vlog about the stuff we did in the Draft #2 Narrative essay.
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My professor asked me and my classmates to read My Mother Gives me a Writing Lesson (Martin Lee) and to annotate The passage that he told us to read. Then he wanted us to go back in to blog post #5 and to fix any mistakes and to revise it. This day still lingers in my mind. It was the night of september 9th,2013.(Fast forwarding to a day before) I couldn’t wait for my last period of class to end. It was septemeber 8th, 2013. It was around 2:05 PM. The bell rang and that was it. It was finally the weekend. I got on the school bus and went directly home. I got off the school bus and ran so fast home. I ran into my house and was super excited to leave to go to my bestfriends house for the weekend. You may ask why are you soooo excited to sleep at your friends house. Well I dont have a answer for you. Hahaha My grandmom goes “you have everything you need?” I say “YESSSSS.” We get in the navy blue buick regal car that they had at the time and go on our way to her house in prospect park. The whole reason I was staying at my friends house for the weekend was because they were going to the beach for there mini vacation away. They dropped me off and said “have a great time and be careful and dont get in any trouble.” I said, “I WONTTTT.” They gave me a hug and kiss and went on there way. My friend nicolette wasnt home yet because she had to walk home from school. She had left me a key so i could let her dog at the time out. I Let her puppy the pitbull out to go the bathroom, and then left to meet up with her. (cant rememeber the dogs name) As soon as we met up we ran into eachothers arms and gave eachother a huge hug!!! We couldnt wait to just be idiots together. Hahahaha We walk back to her house and once inside nicolette had to clean her house and do ALL the laundry, Including her dads… As she cleaning the house i ask her when will your dad be home? She said I dont know but i have to hurry up or he will be bitching at me about me not being done everything. A couple hours go by and her dad finally comes home from work. He goes Hey gingersnaps how are you? Missed you! I say hey im good how about you? He goes what do you girls want for dinner? Of course me and nicole say we want anthonys pizza. We want a pepperoni pizza with hotsauce on side. And wings. He goes okay well ill order it. Go pick your brother up from school. We leave her house to go get her brother johnny. We meet him at his school and hes so happy to see me. The thing about nicolette and johny is that they were more like my brother and sister then friend. We walk back to the house and we eat the food. It was super yummy!!! Nicolettes dad tells us he is going out for a little and will be later. Once her dad leaves me and nicole put on a movie and get in our pjs. We watched step brothers, 21 jump street, and Ted. Its around 1230Am and we are getting ready for bed. Nicolette falls asleep and im left awake on my phone. Its about 230 AM and i hear nicolettes dad come home. A couple minutes later He comes into her room and says kate i need to talk to you. I said well what about? He said come downstairs because i dont want to wake anyone up. My stupid young selfs thinks nothing of this and comes downstairs. He starts by asking me to sit on the sofa in the living room. He then sits next to me and starts asking me wierd questions like who do i trust and who do i tell everything to. Im thinking in my head, these are some strange questions but just answered them. I would never imagine what was about to happen next. He said lets go into the basement so we dont wake anyone up. My dumb self was like okay and walks to the basement. He starts by sitting next to me and rubbing my legs. He says you have very very soft legs. And im just feeling very uncomfortbale. Im like can you please not do that. He goes oh im sorry. He says ill be right back. I have heart burn i need a tums. Im like okay. He runs upstairs and comes back downstairs with a blanket and a candle. At that moment I went into total shock. I was scared because hes like 200 pounds in muscles, and i was only 14 so i was just so young and small. He shut the door and lights the candle. He then starts asking me more questions. He goes on asking about his daughter, my friends, and family. The he pushes me down and rips my pants off and im like what are you doing. He didnt accknoclegde what i had said and sticks his finger in my Vagina and im like stop. And then he covers my mouth so nobody will hear me scream. Then he pins me down and sticks a sock in my mouth and starts eating my vagina. I finally yelled as loud as i could and he stopped and told me if i ever tell anyone about this i would regret it. I walked upstairs and went back into my friends room and cried my eyes out. I didnt know what to do. I was so upset and scared. I wasnt going to tell her anything and had my heart set on not saying anything because of how scared i was. The next day nicollette could tell there was something wrong with me. She asked me a bunch of times and i had said im fine im fine. You could tell she didnt believe me but she took my word. She got into the shower and her dad comes into the room and says you didnt say anything to my daughter right? I said no in terror. He said where are your clothes from lastnight? Im going to wash them. I gave them to him and he left. Nicole comes into the room and goes, wheres my laundry? I go your dad is washing them. She goes my dad is washing my clothes… when did he ever do that. I'm like I don't know he just came in and grabbed them. She goes Kaitlin something is strange rn. You sure everything okay. I said yes. We get in the car and leave to go to her brothers football game. Its in coatsville pa. Nicolette and me where texting back and fourth. Shes like kaitlyn i know something happened. I'm your best friend, you can tell me anything. I'm like you will have to wait till we get there. So we get there and her dad says im taking a nap in the car. I pull nicolette to the side and tell her everything and she starts crying. She calls the police and they come and arrest her dad. They take me and nicole to the police station and ask us questions. After they take me to the hospital for a rape kit. From there her dad gets sentensed and goes to jail. This day still lingers in my mind. It was the night of september 9th,2013.(Fast forwarding to a day before) I couldn’t wait for my last period of class to end. It was septemeber 8th, 2013. It was around 2:05 PM. The bell rang and that was it. It was finally the weekend. I got on the school bus and went directly home. I got off the school bus and ran so fast home. I ran into my house and was super excited to leave to go to my bestfriends house for the weekend. You may ask why are you soooo excited to sleep at your friends house. Well I dont have a answer for you. Hahaha My grandmom goes “you have everything you need?” I say “YESSSSS.” We get in the navy blue buick regal car that they had at the time and go on our way to her house in prospect park. The whole reason I was staying at my friends house for the weekend was because they were going to the beach for there mini vacation away. They dropped me off and said “have a great time and be careful and dont get in any trouble.” I said, “I WONTTTT.” They gave me a hug and kiss and went on there way. My friend nicolette wasnt home yet because she had to walk home from school. She had left me a key so i could let her dog at the time out. I Let her puppy the pitbull out to go the bathroom, and then left to meet up with her. (cant rememeber the dogs name) As soon as we met up we ran into eachothers arms and gave eachother a huge hug!!! We couldnt wait to just be idiots together. Hahahaha We walk back to her house and once inside nicolette had to clean her house and do ALL the laundry, Including her dads… As she cleaning the house i ask her when will your dad be home? She said I dont know but i have to hurry up or he will be bitching at me about me not being done everything. A couple hours go by and her dad finally comes home from work. He goes Hey gingersnaps how are you? Missed you! I say hey im good how about you? He goes what do you girls want for dinner? Of course me and nicole say we want anthonys pizza. We want a pepperoni pizza with hotsauce on side. And wings. He goes okay well ill order it. Go pick your brother up from school. We leave her house to go get her brother johnny. We meet him at his school and hes so happy to see me. The thing about nicolette and johny is that they were more like my brother and sister then friend. We walk back to the house and we eat the food. It was super yummy!!! Nicolettes dad tells us he is going out for a little and will be later. Once her dad leaves me and nicole put on a movie and get in our pjs. We watched step brothers, 21 jump street, and Ted. Its around 1230Am and we are getting ready for bed. Nicolette falls asleep and im left awake on my phone. Its about 230 AM and i hear nicolettes dad come home. A couple minutes later He comes into her room and says kate i need to talk to you. I said well what about? He said come downstairs because i dont want to wake anyone up. My stupid young selfs thinks nothing of this and comes downstairs. He starts by asking me to sit on the sofa in the living room. He then sits next to me and starts asking me wierd questions like who do i trust and who do i tell everything to. Im thinking in my head, these are some strange questions but just answered them. I would never imagine what was about to happen next. He said lets go into the basement so we dont wake anyone up. My dumb self was like okay and walks to the basement. He starts by sitting next to me and rubbing my legs. He says you have very very soft legs. And im just feeling very uncomfortbale. Im like can you please not do that. He goes oh im sorry. He says ill be right back. I have heart burn i need a tums. Im like okay. He runs upstairs and comes back downstairs with a blanket and a candle. At that moment I went into total shock. I was scared because hes like 200 pounds in muscles, and i was only 14 so i was just so young and small. He shut the door and lights the candle. He then starts asking me more questions. He goes on asking about his daughter, my friends, and family. The he pushes me down and rips my pants off and im like what are you doing. He didnt accknoclegde what i had said and sticks his finger in my Vagina and im like stop. And then he covers my mouth so nobody will hear me scream. Then he pins me down and sticks a sock in my mouth and starts eating my vagina. I finally yelled as loud as i could and he stopped and told me if i ever tell anyone about this i would regret it. I walked upstairs and went back into my friends room and cried my eyes out. I didnt know what to do. I was so upset and scared. I wasnt going to tell her anything and had my heart set on not saying anything because of how scared i was. The next day nicollette could tell there was something wrong with me. She asked me a bunch of times and i had said im fine im fine. You could tell she didnt believe me but she took my word. She got into the shower and her dad comes into the room and says you didnt say anything to my daughter right? I said no in terror. He said where are your clothes from lastnight? Im going to wash them. I gave them to him and he left. Nicole comes into the room and goes, wheres my laundry? I go your dad is washing them. She goes my dad is washing my clothes… when did he ever do that. Im like I dont know he just came in and grabbed them. She goes kaitlyn something is strange rn. You sure everythings okay. I said yes. We get in the car and leave to go to her brothers football game. Its in coats ville pa. Nicolette and me where texting bsck and fourth. Shes like kaitlyn i know something happened. Im your bestfriend, you can tell me anything. Im like you will have to wait till we get there. So we get there and her dad says im taking a nap in the car. I pull nicolette to the side and tell her everything and she starts crying. She calls the police and they come and arrest her dad. They take me and nicole to the police station and ask us questions. After they take me to the hospital for a rape kit. From there her dad gets sentensed and goes to jail. My professor asked me and my classmates to watch this podcast and to annotate it. He wanted us to write about a time in our lives where you or someone did something that negativly impacted your life. What You Don't Know (Lulu Wang) This day still lingers in my mind. It was the night of september 9th,2013.(Fast forwarding to a day before) I couldn’t wait for my last period of class to end. It was septemeber 8th, 2013. It was around 2:05 PM. The bell rang and that was it. It was finally the weekend. I got on the school bus and went directly home. I got off the school bus and ran so fast home. I ran into my house and was super excited to leave to go to my bestfriends house for the weekend. You may ask why are you soooo excited to sleep at your friends house. Well I dont have a answer for you. Hahaha
My grandmom goes “you have everything you need?” I say “YESSSSS.” We get in the navy blue buick regal car that they had at the time and go on our way to her house in prospect park. The whole reason I was staying at my friends house for the weekend was because they were going to the beach for there mini vacation away. They dropped me off and said “have a great time and be careful and dont get in any trouble.” I said, “I WONTTTT.” They gave me a hug and kiss and went on there way. My friend nicolette wasnt home yet because she had to walk home from school. She had left me a key so i could let her dog at the time out. I Let her puppy the pitbull out to go the bathroom, and then left to meet up with her. (cant rememeber the dogs name) As soon as we met up we ran into eachothers arms and gave eachother a huge hug!!! We couldnt wait to just be idiots together. Hahahaha We walk back to her house and once inside nicolette had to clean her house and do ALL the laundry, Including her dads… As she cleaning the house i ask her when will your dad be home? She said I dont know but i have to hurry up or he will be bitching at me about me not being done everything. A couple hours go by and her dad finally comes home from work. He goes Hey gingersnaps how are you? Missed you! I say hey im good how about you? He goes what do you girls want for dinner? Of course me and nicole say we want anthonys pizza. We want a pepperoni pizza with hotsauce on side. And wings. He goes okay well ill order it. Go pick your brother up from school. We leave her house to go get her brother johnny. We meet him at his school and hes so happy to see me. The thing about nicolette and johny is that they were more like my brother and sister then friend. We walk back to the house and we eat the food. It was super yummy!!! Nicolettes dad tells us he is going out for a little and will be later. Once her dad leaves me and nicole put on a movie and get in our pjs. We watched step brothers, 21 jump street, and Ted. Its around 1230Am and we are getting ready for bed. Nicolette falls asleep and im left awake on my phone. Its about 230 AM and i hear nicolettes dad come home. A couple minutes later He comes into her room and says kate i need to talk to you. I said well what about? He said come downstairs because i dont want to wake anyone up. My stupid young selfs thinks nothing of this and comes downstairs. He starts by asking me to sit on the sofa in the living room. He then sits next to me and starts asking me wierd questions like who do i trust and who do i tell everything to. Im thinking in my head, these are some strange questions but just answered them. I would never imagine what was about to happen next. He said lets go into the basement so we dont wake anyone up. My dumb self was like okay and walks to the basement. He starts by sitting next to me and rubbing my legs. He says you have very very soft legs. And im just feeling very uncomfortbale. Im like can you please not do that. He goes oh im sorry. He says ill be right back. I have heart burn i need a tums. Im like okay. He runs upstairs and comes back downstairs with a blanket and a candle. At that moment I went into total shock. I was scared because hes like 200 pounds in muscles, and i was only 14 so i was just so young and small. He shut the door and lights the candle. He then starts asking me more questions. He goes on asking about his daughter, my friends, and family. The he pushes me down and rips my pants off and im like what are you doing. He didnt accknoclegde what i had said and sticks his finger in my Vagina and im like stop. And then he covers my mouth so nobody will hear me scream. Then he pins me down and sticks a sock in my mouth and starts eating my vagina. I finally yelled as loud as i could and he stopped and told me if i ever tell anyone about this i would regret it. I walked upstairs and went back into my friends room and cried my eyes out. I didnt know what to do. I was so upset and scared. I wasnt going to tell her anything and had my heart set on not saying anything because of how scared i was. The next day nicollette could tell there was something wrong with me. She asked me a bunch of times and i had said im fine im fine. You could tell she didnt believe me but she took my word. She got into the shower and her dad comes into the room and says you didnt say anything to my daughter right? I said no in terror. He said where are your clothes from lastnight? Im going to wash them. I gave them to him and he left. Nicole comes into the room and goes, wheres my laundry? I go your dad is washing them. She goes my dad is washing my clothes… when did he ever do that. Im like I dont know he just came in and grabbed them. She goes kaitlyn something is strange rn. You sure everythings okay. I said yes. We get in the car and leave to go to her brothers football game. Its in coats ville pa. Nicolette and me where texting bsck and fourth. Shes like kaitlyn i know something happened. Im your bestfriend, you can tell me anything. Im like you will have to wait till we get there. So we get there and her dad says im taking a nap in the car. I pull nicolette to the side and tell her everything and she starts crying. She calls the police and they come and arrest her dad. They take me and nicole to the police station and ask us questions. After they take me to the hospital for a rape kit. From there her dad gets sentensed and goes to jail. Hills Like White Elephants (Ernest Hemingway) My professor asked me and my classmates to write about a event that happened in the past week. He wanted us to write about it in the first person . Getting the devastating phone call from my Aunt debbie on a Wednesday Afternoon telling me the about the horrible news I didnt want to hear. The Quiet words that came from her small wrinkly mouth. “ Your Uncle Rob is in the ICU, and we dont think he has much longer to live.” My heart instantly sank, and i became very lost for words. I asked her “ What hospital is he at?” She proclaimed “Christiana Hospital in Delaware.” I instabtly said thankyou and hoped in my car and went right to the hospital
I walked in the hospital and asked the nurses if they knew where rob stafford was located? They had said he was the next set of doors. I went to his room and saw him laying there. He was all paleish and was in a comma. I instantly started to cry. I was so upset. I said a prayer over him and said my last goodbyes. The nurses said he only had a couple more hours to live. He was living off of life support. All of his organs were shutting down. He basically caught a infection from the alchohol, and a mixture of other stuff. I said once last goodbye, and left very very upset. I went back home that night and a couple hours later my aunt call me to tell me he has passed away. I was very sad. I couldnt even sleep that night. The next day i went back to the hospital with my aunts, uncles, and cousins. My one aunt and uncle i have never met came town from kentucky and i got to meet them for the first time. It was a very sad day but at the same time it brought me and my other family together and we had a great couple days together. We talked and shared storys and ate food and just had a good time. He is currently getting cremated and a funeral will be held in the next couple of weeks for him. My professor asked me and my classmates to read these three passages and annotate the text:
He wanted us to use the five sense in our scene. We needed to write in the first person, and to explain something that had happened to us in the last week. He wanted us to use lots of detail and explain what was going on. Driving along the busy long highway in my little Honda civic. I can still see the horrific moment that has happened. The feeling of not being able to stop is still lingering in my mind. It all happened on the day of September 12th, 2018 around 6:30 pm. I was on my way to Millers Ale House with a couple friends. Everything was going just fine. Jamming to the bumping music, and singing along with my friends having a great time. Then it happened… Traffic came to a complete stop so quickly i didn't have any time to really react to it. The speed went from forty-five miles per hour to zero in a matter of seconds. I couldn't stop fast enough so BAM!!!!! There I was, I had hit someone from behind!!!!! I couldn't believe my eyes… I was so in shock to what had just happened. I wanted to cry my eyes out but I just couldn't. I was so nervous to who I had hit, and if everything was going to be okay. The moment the man got out of the car, I began to panic in fear that i had hurt them. The guy comes up to my car and asks for my information. We exchanged information, and went on our ways. When i saw my car i was so upset. My whole front end was beat up. I had pulled into a parking lot and just cried with anger. I was so so so so angry at myself. My friends parents came to the scene and basically fixed my front end the best as they could so i could continue to drive it. My car was still drive-able, but there was stuff wrong on the inside. I thought to myself. “How will i ever pay for these damages?” I began to think… “ oh wait, my uncle used to be a mechanic, He could look at it and maybe fix it.” So it was settled. I took it to him that night. He looked at it and said he could fix it but bring it by in the morning when theirs sunlight so i can actually take a good look at it. I went home that night with such anxiety thinking, I hope this isn't to pricey. I came back the next morning and he told me what i needed for it. We went to the junk yard and got everything I needed for it. Well this is where things got challenging. My uncle was having trouble fixing it because he didn't want to take the bumper off but eventually had to. Then the radiator wasn't coming out. And the cooling fan system was stuck. Two days went by and he had finally fixed my car. My little Honda civic is so so so ugly now. Lesson to learn by. PAY MORE ATTENTION TO THE ROAD, AND THIS WONT EVER HAPPEN AGAIN!!!!! |
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