One Thing… from Class February 13, 2014

     Last class I definitely learned something of great interest to me to finally learn and understand the true difference between the words "who" and "whom." When we were doing our "pre-research" on the matter before class, I learned myself that who was the subject of a verb, or the one doing the action, and whom is the object of the verb, or the one being acted upon. That was pretty just standard understanding and teaching of the matter, but what I really picked up on and what will really help me forever remember the right way to use those two words, is this very simple hint! "Him" and "them" both end in an M, just like whoM! It was a very helpful hint because I later learned from professor Young that you want to replace the words who and whom, with he an and him. It's an easy correlation between which ones are appropriate in which situation. For instance, you want to answer the question who? Who is the sentence talking about. Is it about him? (whom) or about he? (who) These are very general and simple rules to following the whom and whom debate, and it really did help put it into an easy perspective of how to use the two words now. I really actually am happy with understanding that, because it is a small enough rule, and a simple trick of a letter, than really stuck in my brain and will help me in those tough times in the future when I am struggling to find out who it really is!

One Thing.... from Class February 4, 2014

 

 

            Class on Tuesday was a very helpful lesson that I think can be beneficial to not only myself but everyone. Pronouns are a very important part of writing and I will admit myself it is hard to know when to and not to use them. I still don't know 100% where they are supposed to show up and not, mainly because I myself am so accustomed to just writing and speaking without ever really giving it a second thought. Although,when it does come to formal writing that I have to complete, being a college student and all, I do have to stop and check and wrack my brain constantly with overthinking on the right way to say things, and what goes where, who replaces what, and when to answer why.

            After learning that you cannot start a sentence referencing that "They say more snow is on the way," and hearing that I don't even understand who is talking, I realized that I more often than not am very vague with my own explanations and sentences. I have began to try and be more specific with information that I am trying to explain, and making sure that I get the right clarity for who I am talking about, and who is saying what. So today they do say that more snow is on the way, but how am I to trust and believe who they are and that their predictions are correct? I go and watch the weather and realize that metereoligists at WICU say that there in fact, is more snow on the way.

One Thing.... from Class January 28, 2014

 

 

 

          There is always going to be many new things that you learn in just one class period, but there is also that one piece of new information that will always stick out to certain people when it comes to learning new material. For myself, last class when we talked about commas and read aloud the one sentence that classmates had to create based on another persons own writing of their obituary, I learned a lot about not just information based on course readings and text, but about my fellow classmates. It was really intriguing hearing how others plan to spend their lives in the future, or how they already have spent it, if they were to die young. Many of the people in calss are very motivated and have high hopes and dreams for themselves after college. It is impressive that such young minds are still looking to the future with positivity, and are busy trying to actually accomplish those goals and dreams.

          It just really impressed me that when everyone was reading about one another a sentence that they had to come up with about the other person, they were all positive and inspiring. There was no negativity, and I learned that people really can get along and say nice things about each other. Such aspiring people and dreams, and such kindness and genuiness, really does say a lot about our young generation todeay. I really did love hearing about other people and what they have planned for themselves, and it was inspiring to continue on with a goal in mind.