http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiCq1ZMOa-w
A perfect example of the American dream. This commercial shows some of the great life moments that most Americans hope to have, in a matter of 30 seconds. One event starts a whole chain of events. That “any second could be the second”. When you have a feeling to do something out of the ordinary, you should do it. It makes people think what if? Thinking back to past feelings that they may or may not have acted on. Which most of us can all relate to.
It is also relating to all parents dreams that they want their children to succeed and do great things. Not necessarily be president, but just to go far in their life. Give them guidance and care that helps them with their successes. In one part you see the mother helping her son to play piano, I think his mom helped him with a lot of his life challenges, and that he had the patience and the drive to accomplish something. Then the father and son walking are right behind the U.S. Capitol. Which I think means his father introduced him to the world of politics and what America is all about. This is a connection to him being president, while his proud parents are right behind him smiling.
A want for most Americans is to have a happy long marriage. Healthy smart kids and memories, for example in the commercial their child’s birthdays. But after watching this commercial a few times and really think about it I see it as the perfect American family. How a lot of us think all families should be. But of course this is not reality, but most aim for this in life. It is like we talked about in class, the way we think America should be. Also add common ideas, goals, dreams, and fantasies, putting it all into to one 30 second commercial that will make most Americans pay attention to it because they can relate to it.
Welcome!
Welcome to our Eng 100 Blog “Conversations Beyond the Classroom”! The title of this blog refers to the community of active readers & collaborative learners we are creating by sharing our academic writing for Eng 100 with each other + a larger group of students, instructors, academics, and just about anybody who chooses to follow our blog! When you write and post your reader responses here (and, later, as you write your essays for the course), I encourage you to use this audience to conceptualize who you are writing for and, most important, how to communicate your ideas so that this group of academic readers and writers can easily follow your line of thinking. Think about it this way: What do you need to explain and articulate in order for the other bloggers to understand your response to the essays we’ve read in class? What does your audience need to know about those essays and the authors who wrote them? And how can you show your readers, in writing, which ideas you add to these “conversations” that take place in the texts we study?
As students of Eng 100, you will use this blog to begin conversations with other academic writers on campus (students and instructors alike). We become active readers of each other’s writing when we comment on posts here. And, best of all, we are using this space to share ideas! We encourage you to use this blog to further think through the topics and writing strategies you will be introduced to this quarter. As always, be sure to give credit to those people whose ideas you borrow for your own thinking and writing (you should do this in the blog by commenting on their post, but you will also be required to cite what you borrow from your peers/instructors if and when it winds up in your essays. More details on that later…).
Finally, keep in mind that writing to and for this audience is a good way to prepare for the panel of readers (faculty at WCC) who will be reading and assessing your writing portfolio at the end of the quarter. We hope that as a large group of active readers, we can better prepare each other for this experience. But, in the meantime, let’s have fun with it! I am really excited see how far we can take this together!
--Mary Hammerbeck, Instructor of Eng 100
As students of Eng 100, you will use this blog to begin conversations with other academic writers on campus (students and instructors alike). We become active readers of each other’s writing when we comment on posts here. And, best of all, we are using this space to share ideas! We encourage you to use this blog to further think through the topics and writing strategies you will be introduced to this quarter. As always, be sure to give credit to those people whose ideas you borrow for your own thinking and writing (you should do this in the blog by commenting on their post, but you will also be required to cite what you borrow from your peers/instructors if and when it winds up in your essays. More details on that later…).
Finally, keep in mind that writing to and for this audience is a good way to prepare for the panel of readers (faculty at WCC) who will be reading and assessing your writing portfolio at the end of the quarter. We hope that as a large group of active readers, we can better prepare each other for this experience. But, in the meantime, let’s have fun with it! I am really excited see how far we can take this together!
--Mary Hammerbeck, Instructor of Eng 100
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