Communications Journal

Jay Nixon

2008-09-25T06:38:00.000-07:00

One of Jay Nixon issues on technology are the lack of renewable energy sources and bio-diesels fuels. He wants to create more jobs for people. What he is trying to create more ethanol and bio-disesels faculities. Missouri has alsready has a head start on creating these faculities. What the ethanol and bio-diesels faculities do is help to cultivate crops. Cultivating these crops makes it eaiser for farmers. Also it helps makes more jobs which is exactly what he wants to do. I agree with what he wants to do ,because he is creating jobs for people and making it eaiser for hard working farmers.

Kenny Hulsof

2008-09-23T06:46:00.000-07:00

Kenny Hulsof main issue on technology is to come aross a science that can have stem cell reasearch that can hopefully cure diseases. He has a program to collect umbillical cord blood which has stem cells in it. Many of these stem cells have the potiental to help cure dieseases such as sickel cell anemia ,leukemia and other diseases that don't really have helpful treatments. He is hoping to open a medical center to more research on stem cells in hopes of finding a decent treatment for a few of these diseases. I agree with this idea ,because he has most of his facts straight. Also i live with some one who has sickle cell and there is not much hope for him nor are there many things that doctors can do to stop the pain. i also agee with his idea, because stem cells have been proven on other ocassions to help with diseases.

What I hate about writing

2008-09-09T06:52:00.000-07:00

What i hate about writing are a number of things. One thing i hate is the rules. There are so many rules about writing it seems like they just make them all up just to piss off writers. Writing shouldn't have rules it should be souly based off opinion. In the daily newspapaer people have to watch what they write. What they write can hurt someone's opinion or be too much of the truth. Also when i say rules of writing i mean stuff like you can start off things with a fragment or you have to add transiton words. As if it was'nt already hard enough to sugar coat how you feel about something now you have to abide by the rules of writing as well.

What I love about writing

2008-09-09T06:39:00.000-07:00

What i love about writing is that words can speak for themselves, if you arrange them right. You can base your own opinion when you write. In poetry what you feel can be wriiten down in a form of a poem. You can take a lot of things and thoughts and put it down on paper. Also what else i love about writing is that when people read what you write they can get a piece of you as they read. you can get a lot about a person and their personality just based off what they wrote.

April 5 Day 5

2008-06-04T07:41:00.001-07:00

Not much is really happening today I have to leave. My dream vaction is over. I woke up at 5 am in Barcelona's time and started packing. I ordered one last thing from room service which was a biscuit, eggs and sausage. My plane left at 7:10 so i had to hurry and get to the airport. I took a few more pictuires of the room and hotel and then said goodbye. I returned the rental which also sucked. I got in the cab and headed for the airport. I took pictures everytime we stopped at a stop light it was always soomething interesting everywhere we went. I arrive at the airport and boarded the plane. Of course I was flying first class ,but unfortunately so this rich's lady's 7 and 3 year old brat. The oldest yelled and begged for everything and the youngest stared at me and kept handing me things. By the middle of the flight I had a handful of pacifiers and pullups. I guess it could be a good souviener. It was about 5 pm American time and I was almost home I kinda lokked forward to gettting nagged at by my mom.

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April 4 Day 4

2008-06-03T07:40:00.000-07:00

I woke up early this morning because i was excited ,because today I was going to the famous art gallery in Barcelona. I got dressed and decided to go a resturaunt. I think it might be around 8 or 9. I really need to get this watch set correctly. Any way I decided to go to Barcelona's Mc Donalds. It's funny , because hello a Mc Donalds in Spain. So I decided to drive today and go to the closet Mc Donalds drive throught. Unfortunatelt my spanish isn't all cracked up to be so I didn't understand what they were saying so I had to go inside and just point out what I wanted. I ate a sausage biscuit sandwhich with a hashbrown and an orange juice. After eating I checked my map and headed for the Art gallery. I was very surprised to see I didn't get lost, although I did have to park down the street. I couldn't find a parking place. When I went inside the gallery I see a bunch of pictures of woman in traditional barcelona gowns and fighting battles. I really couldn't read what it said because of the spanish...again but the "Cada diumenge" was really nice. I looked around the art gallery some more and then left because they had no english translations above the paintings or below for that matter. I didn't really have nothing more planned besides the gallery so I headed back to the hotel and decided to go swimming at the hotel pool. I'm just about to step out the rental car when I realize I have no swim suit."Crap" So i got pack into the car and went to Maremagnum mall to find a swimsuit. I ran into the closet store and searched for a suit. I picked the 1st black one piece I saw and brought it. I might of gave the cashier too much change ,which is probablt why she was looking at me werid or maybe i gave her too little I don't know. So anyway I made it back to the hotel to go swimming. I felt dumb in the pool ,because I couldn't swim so I'm in three feet of water with like 5 year olds. I tried to float for about to hours and gave up hope. I went back to my room changed ,ordered strawberry short cake,watch spongebob in spanish and then fell a sleep. I think it was maybe 6 or 7. I woke up at 9 and started to freak a little because I had to go home tommorow so I got up grabbed the car keys and just drove around. I didn't wanna spend my last day doing nothing. So as I drove I ran into a night club.

2008-05-30T07:52:00.000-07:00

Maremagnum mall

April 3 Day 3

2008-05-30T07:38:00.002-07:00

I'm not sure what time I woke up, but the sun was stil out so I'm guessing it's not night time yet. I woke up and got dress. I decided to walk around to the closet mall of barcelona. Which was only a few blocks from the hotel. I decided to skip breakfast and get soomething while I shopped. I stumbled across a huge mall called the Maremagnum. This place was bigger than any mall I'd ever seen in St.Louis. It was really amazing it had H&m ,and calvin Klein/ It also had a few other stores I'd never heard of in my life like Friday's Project? Yea I don't know either. Luckily Before I left St.Louis I converted most of my money into Euros.I decided to buy a plaid skirt from H&M which was the only store I really knew, but I kinda didn;t know what 6 euros were.A woman behind who was behind told me it was 6 dollars well technically 14 dollars in America but thats besides the point. So after that confusing situation I decided to go to one of the mall's food courts. Surprisingly they had gyros. Yay, I order a gyro meal. It was 12 euros. I took out like 60 euros and gave it to the man. He looked at me strange and gave me back 40.Huh go fig? I decided to catch a cab back to the hotel and sleep for some reason I was bored.

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April 2 Day 2

2008-05-27T07:20:00.000-07:00

I woke early and called my friend Alan. Today is his birthday. I had to call at a certain time because of the time difference in Spain. It is 4am now in spain but 8pm in America. Thats sucks! I barely know what time it is. Anyway after wishing Alan a happy birthday i fell asleepa and woke up at 11...i think and order room service. Unfortunately Barcelona most popular food is fattening pork ,so I order eggs with cheese and a salad also known as huevos con queso y ensalada in spain. After I ate I got dress and called a cab to see some of Barcelona's famous sights. The first in my list was the magical fountain of Montjuic.It was very bright and beautiful. I spoke very little spanish ,but I asked someone to take a picture of me and the cab driver. I said" fotographica porfavor" I think they got it. The next place I went was the Olympic Stadium. It was very huge. I'm guessing this stadium is where Barcelona's famous atheletes play "futbol" also known as soccer. By the time I was done taking pictures and walking around it was about 8 o clock..I think so I headed back to the hotel. I didn't feel like going to a resturaunt I really didn't know any so I ordered room service again..gotta llove room service exspecially when it's prepaid for. I just decided to order "galletas y leche" which is cookies and milk and then go to sleep.

April 1 Day 1

2008-04-15T07:34:00.000-07:00

Today was very long. At some point I was wondering if all it was worth it. I was glad to finally esape St.Louis, Misery. The Fight was very very long. It was kinda of cool to go to like Chicago and the United Kingdom. It was basucally like I was on a mini vacation everytime I went to different places. This was an okay day. I;m glad not to be on a plane anymore and to here at Majestic Hotel in beautiful Barcelona, Spain.

Poem 2 My fair Romeo

2008-02-29T07:12:00.000-08:00

The most Powerful use of fig. lang

2008-02-08T07:39:00.000-08:00

I think that the most powerful fig. lang is an exaggeration. An exaggeartion can be jusr about anything. For Example: She flew to school. We know people can really fly to school. What they ,mean is she ran to school really fast. An exaggeration could be (her screaming was like a hurricane) Thats an exageration. She probably screamed so loud that it was like a huuricane because Hurreicanes are loud.

The Noun thats most vivid picture

2008-02-06T07:32:00.000-08:00

Coral is the most vivid picture because he compares it to her lips by saying" Coral is far more red thatn her lips". I can really picture this is my mind because back in Shakesphere's time women were highed breasted with often red lips and rosy cheeks. So I can actual understand why he said coral is more red than her lips because women's lips are usually red and I guess her wasn't.

My mitress' eyes are nothing like the sun

2008-01-22T07:37:00.000-08:00

My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips' red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damasked, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress when she walks treads on the ground.
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.

Why is it important to Study Language?

2007-12-18T14:09:00.000-08:00

I think it's important to study language because it's really important part of a lot of things such as heritage ,religon ,society etc.I feel that society and language are really connected to each other.In society how you present yourself with words depends on how you get a job or even a place to live. The point of the videos was basically to do research on how people in different places and people of different colors speak to prove certain theories. They made the videos so that others could see. People can understand things better when they have a visual aid. My favorite part was when the teachers thought that Black children were incapable of reading because of the way they spoke. I liked this because I had a lot of thoughts on this as well as debates that could prove people who thought like this wrong. My least favorite part was when people thought that people who came from Mexico should have extra help with translating things to Spanish for them. I didn't like this part because people who come from others countries should just be able to learn English if they are planning on living in America. I feel that language changes a lot. It's always going to change weather it by law or generally among people. I also feel that people should stop trying to interfere with it as less as possible.

Official Language

2007-11-18T15:28:00.000-08:00

Over the course of many years, people have a lot of opinions on English. People have argued on weather to ban it or make english legal. Some people have even blamed the immigrants. Spanish, Dutch , French etc. immigrants come from all over the world wanting to have a better life in America. Unforntely they don't know a word of English. Sometimes the government even alters American things such as menus ,job applications and other things to help out ,but wouldn't it save money nd be eaiser if they would just learn English?

English should be the official language of America for one reason it's America and for many years the language has been English. Why break tradition that's been going on for so many years even decades. Also English should be the main lanuguage ,becuase you can end the years of debates and frustration. Supporters of this also say that English keeps America together. Everyone is connected through one main language. Many others also agree that they can save money. It's a waste of money translating things for different languages. Also many people believed it's the most powerful language on earth.

Although there are many people who support English to be the main language ,there are others who are aganist it. English shouldn't be the main language because it's not English any more. English has been altered and munipulated that you can hardly call it English. For Example slang is a form of English , but in some people's opinion slang is only spoken among certain types of induviduals. Many people are upset by this. English is not a form. There shouldn't be forms. English is one language and only one language. Now these days many are forgetting how to spell the simplest of words. Teachers even use spell checkers. They also mainly built within the confounds of computers systems. Another reason that English should be banned is that more and more immigrants are coming to America. America is becoming more and more diverse and it can not continue to only have one language.

Should English be a law?
Making English the official law would be eaiser.We would save money and there would be no more debates or problems. We must also consider the cons of making it a law. For Example immigrants coming here and who already live here would become raged. Can they help it if there from some where else? In a way making English a law could cause more problems and debates.It seems if we make the language a law that the problem will never be solved.

In conclusion I feel that they should leave English alone. What I mean by that is leave things the way they are. At this point by debating we're only making things worst for everyone else. Immigrants expecially have it hard. They come to America to escape a lot of things. If they already suffering with so much back at home why make it war here too? We should probably make it as easy for them as possible by hiring translators and translating things for them. Learning a language weather it be English or foreign is hard enough and everyone needs help.

Offical Language

2007-11-01T07:28:00.000-07:00

I feel that they should make English the official language in America ,because of the simple fact of America is mainly populated by Americans. I know at least 1 forth of America is Mexican ,but they come from Mexico. You need to keep your heritage ,but adjust to new things at the same time. We shouldn't have legalize states as Spanish speaking and uproot our lives just because the Mexicans don't want to learn english. I doubt if you went to Mexico or a majority of America went to Mexico that Mexico would change their hard earn country ways all English speaking when half of them don't even know English. It's just like if someone wanted to go to Mexico for some reason you would have to learn Spanish just becuase your in their territory. I understand that Spainards use to own America ,but that happened a long time ago. They shouldn't use that as an excuse. If you choose to go to a foreign country where the language is different you just have no choice, but to adapt and learn their language.

A time where I judged someone based on the way they spoke.

2007-10-23T07:14:00.000-07:00

A time when I judged someone based off the way they talked was early this year. It was when I first went to Lit. and Comp 2. There was this girl who sat right next to me. She chewed and popped gum a lot and it annoyed me so much. Then when she spoke it was like she had 2 tongues. She popped her tongue when she talked just like she popped her gum. It was very unpleasant to me. She made no sense. Instead of using "the" she said "da". (As in da club was staright popping or something like that) I thought in my mind she's totally going to fail and she's probably a ho. The next day in class I found out that she was actually a pretty good student. The teacher asked us to say our name and 7 things about ourselves in front of the class for an assignment. She went to present and she told us that her hobbies were reading and writing. She also said that her favorite writer was Maya Angelou and she wanted to be a writer some day. I was shocked! It was like we were twins or something. She wanted to do and be exactly what I wanted. It turned out we had a lot in common. I felt bad for judging her.

How slang is mainly directed towards women?

2007-10-16T18:26:00.000-07:00

Slang is a long line of words that males make up. Most of the terms relate to what a woman does or what a women is. Some words would consist of:
-B
-ho
-runner etc.
These terms have delegated from the 80's and have advanced to modern times. These words are used on the streets ,in rap music etc. These terms are very cruel towards women and shouldn't be used ,but sadly they are only getting meaner and more are coming. In my opinion slang comes from the street and often prostitutes are there. I feel that men used these words to insult the women of the streets ,but somehow it ended up being used for anyone who may act like a prostitute. Also some words refer to how a women looks. For Example:
-shawty
-dime
-fire
These are not as bad as the previous ones , but I feel that women (well me in general) would not like to be referred to in such a way. Women are not objects, they are human beings and should be treated with respect.

Is the way we speak too entangled with our identity to change?

2007-09-30T12:28:00.000-07:00

I feel that the way speak is too entangled with our identity to change because its part of who we are. If you talk a certain way it grows on. It may be hard to change your speech when you are so accustomed to talking that way. In certain situations we are sometimes forced to change the way we speak. For Example: If you want to get a job and go to the interview looking professional
they way that you normally speak(which might not be proper english) can jepordise your chances of getting a job that might require you speaking correctly. Different types of jobs require you to speak a different way of speeche. Some jobs require proper way of speeche and some do not.

What do people mean when they are talking white or black?

2007-09-30T11:11:00.000-07:00

When someone says one is talking white they mean that they are talking proper or correctly. When one is talking white they are talking correct english. In this world talking white or "standard english" gets you a lot of places. Most people talk that way to accomplish what that they have to do in the modern world. When someone says one is talking black, they mean ignorant or incorrectly. Blacks have always been protrayed as ignorant or illiterate therefore not capable of talking standard english. When people says that you are talking black they mean you are talking ingnorant. Personally I feel that standard english is just speaking correctly. It shouldn't be known as talking white.Talking white makes it seem that only white people talk that way. Anyone can speak standard english.