BLOGGING ! :)

Wouldnt you agree that blogging is way better than boring assignments on paper. I completly agree with having the blogging system for assignments in class. I agree for many reasons, such as typing being so much faster than actually writing with pen and paper. Also because it now that technology is so advanced more students relly on technology and feel it is easier than paper work. The fact that teenagers now a days are so into technology may actually be a way of getting us to do our work. I think that students would rather type things than write them, it is not only better and faster, it is also easier.
Whenever teachers tell us we have an assignment due, most students complain. All you hear is complains of how boring it is, and how tiring writing gets. So many people would rather not do the assignments and have low grades. With blogging its the complete opposite because, in my opinion typing doesnt get tiring, its fun and it is a way for students to express their toughts about a topic. Typing and thinking is easier because as you think you type. Instead when your writing on paper your brain pocesses your thoughts way faster than you can write, so it works out perfect. Blogging also helps a lot for college. While blogging you are to write about a topic and support it. Which is a great skill to have for college, in high school we are mainly getting ready to go to college, and now most of the papers for college have to be typed. Blogging helps is practice typing as well as formating, grammar etc. Writing on pen and paper you accomplish half of what you could if you were typing. Blogging not only makes it easier for students to finish assesments but it also makes it easier for teachers to grade. this system is also good because it works around your schedule. In conclusion to me blogging will always be a better system than having to write on paper.

Way easier.

In my opinion i think that learning when blogging is much better when blogging compared to writing just pen and paper. Now a days technology is so advanced and teenagers rely so much on computers that we became very good at doing our work on computers. I have never had to do assignments on blogs and i find it so much better. One reason is because i know i can type much faster than i can write, which is a plus because i don't get tiered of writing and i can finish faster, and that is way better than having to write everything down. For me it is easier to think and type than to think and write it down. I also think that blogging is a new fun way to get our work done, it not only makes it easier for the students but for the teachers to grade as well. Also, having to research things on the computer and typing it on another window is much easier than researching and writing down on paper. Not only is it easier but if is faster and funner.

My favorite !

My favorite blogging topic from the first quarter was the one of cowboys. I learned many new things from this topic, such as cowboys are not really how they are portrayed. It was fun and easy to find out all the interesting facts about how cowboys really were compared to the cowboys shown to us in Hollywood. The cowboys we see on t.v. are all about shooting , drinking , and fighting. Back then cowboys didn't have an easy job. They worked very hard to support their family. I just found it very interesting how our minds can be changed so easily from movies and shows about certain people. When in reality they are all lies!

Mixed emotions.

Some feelings and experiences immigrants coming to the United States at the turn of the century must have been a big mixture of feelings. From what i saw in all the pictures it seems that the biggest feeling was being afraid. Being afraid of what might happen to them, as an individual and as a family. Scared that their family might get seperated. Another feeling might have been excitement. Exciment because they are coming into a whole new type of lifestyle and way of living and the first thing they see is the Statue of liberty and the big city. They are excited to start a whole new life and work hard to support their family. They probably felt hopeful of many good things coming their way. Once they get off the ships and into the city they were probably dissapointed because the streets are dirty and everything was filthy and smelly. once they saw how they had to live, crowded in one room apartaments and the buildings are unstable their hope probably went to the ground because it was not what they expected.

A song tells a whole story.

The lyrics for the song of the textile workers were not lyrics that i would want to learn and sing along. The words seemed very depressing not a song to cheer up. The labor the people hard to do wsa not easy at all, they worked all day long and bearly got any breaks for food. Not only did women have to work hard but kids did too. They had to work long hours every single day on an empty stomach because there was no time for breaks. They dont get an education and from an early age all they learn to do is stich clothing. They did not work in air conditioning like we do now. Their labor was done in the heat. All this lead to starvation and deaths. To the factory owners it was more important to get all the clothes done than to keep his emplyees healthy for the hard labor.

The REAL cowboys.

If i was to ask, what is a cowboy i would get many answers and most would not be true. We think of cowboys the way we see them in Hollywood. But in reality have little in common with the cowboys Hollywood portrays to us in movies and shows.
Hollywood exaggerates a bit when it comes to cowboys, the way they have portrayed them is they guy with the big cowboy hat, cowboy boots with spiky things on the back of them, the vest and a cigar in their mouth most important the gun. As well as the typical cowboy scene where they show the empty roads a ball of hay rolls by the step away from each other a couple of steps turn around and shoot. That is all fake and exaggeration from the movies and shows we have seen.

Now the question is how are the real cowboys if what we have seen is not true? Well cowboys were very hard workers. They worked hard for money and to support their family. Back then they had nothing compared to everything we have now a days, such as washer machines, dish washers , cars , t.v's etc. Back then they did everything by hand, washed all their clothes by hand, wash dishes by hand, instead of cars they had horses and wagons, and there was no t.v so they found other ways to entertain themselves. All though back then there was so much work cowboys had that there was no time. Cowboys had various jobs, their most important piece of equipment for work was their horse, to a cowboy the horse was like their best friend. Cowboys spent hours on their horses herding,roping the horses and cattle and preparing the meat for dinner.They worked extremly hard and the worst part was that in the west it was a more hot and dry climate. Cowboys lived on ranches with a lot of land, where they kept all their horses and their herd. The way the cowboys dressed were long sleeve shirts, jeans, long boots, and vests. As for wardrobe Hollywood was right for the most part. But what they don't show is how hard cowboys worked, to us they show them having fun all the time at bars they showed all the men who drank and fought often, or rodeos.
For a cowboy rodeos was the one thing thing always looked forward to. To them it was like a reward for all their hard work. The rodeos was when everyone from their towns got together, danced, horse races, and bull riding. Bull riding was one of the biggest events in the rodeos. In conclusion Hollywood portrays cowboys with a bit of exaggeration compared to how cowboys really were back then. They were not all about drinking, fighting, and sitting on top of horses looking good. There is a lot more to the real cowboy.










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