Ethnography Project

So today Lottie and I met at the library and we began to create a gist of each story in our overall paper. After that, we ventured out into the cold, windy air to go to the Cone Center and Prospector to be a creep and take pictures of people. Here is what we did:

Ethnography Project-o J

11)  People/friends at UNCC eating lunch having lunch.

They begin to ponder and think where their food came from. 3 stories surround the main idea. One student comes up and explains where food is grown and how it is made, delivered to farmers markets/stores, bought by the consumer, and made. Another student comes up and explains how their family is in financial hardship and is on food stamps, explains impact. A final student comes up and discusses the food waste in America and how it is a shame, volunteer at soup kitchens/meals on wheels.

22)  Process of growing, buying, cooking/making food.

Second student explains food is grown on farms, many problems facing farmers, financial hardships, competition, droughts and floods. How food is then “protected” with pesticides, picked, packaged, and sent to local stores or farmers markets. How then the consumer purchases the food and then goes home and makes a meal.

33)  Families struggling to purchase food/uses food stamps.

Third student comes up and tells them how fortunate they are to be able to buy their own food with their own money, explains family is in financial hardship and on food stamps. Says the many problems and challenges they face; family members out of jobs, single parents, etc.

44)  People wasting food, interconnection with families struggling.

Finally, the last student comes up and points out others and say how they are wasting food and there are people struggling, even starving on campus and surrounding areas. Enlightens students and they volunteer at a local soup kitchen.

Here are some pictures that documented our adventure:

Mapping UNCC

So I wasn't in class for this assignment, but like a good student I am, I got the information off of the syllabus. My first instinct to find something "beyond the meaning" was to go to the library. So I got out of my car early and walked to the library. Well, everyday I see a huge pole sticking out of the ground and I had no clue what it was. As I stopped at the ATM to get some cash, I thought about my amazing group and how we all met at the library and realizing there were two entrances. Being the adventurous person that I am, I took a risk and wondered into previously unexplored territory and wait for it...I went to the front of the library. On my adventure, I finally found out what this giant pole in the sky was- the Belk Tower. As I was passing it in the dark, almost getting run over but those stupid golf cart things, I pass a plaque that had the First Amendment on it. Bingo. Freedom of speech (all the other freedoms are important to) but freedom of speech goes BEYOND what the sign states and basically gave us our freedom to, in this case, write whatever we want to without being banned from by the government. Without this, there could possibly be no novels, dramas, thrillers, mysteries, or even biographies. As I quickly go to the library to plot this point on the Google Map before anyone else can, I go in the FRONT DOOR...for the first time. I pull out my laptop and watch the beginning of a sunrise- breathtaking from the 8th floor (since the 10th floor is closed until 9am.) As I head out, I see the Belk Tower again, with a gorgeous backdrop of the sunrise. Eagerly, I grab out my phone and snap a picture, immediately posting on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram (and even Brad Panovich from WCNC retweeeted me!).

So that was my literary underlife thing. Below is a picture of my beautiful map that I drew that Google is totally gonna use, and the "omg" picture of the Belk Tower.

Reflective on Lit Narrative ~Whoo-hoo!~

To make sure I address all of the points in this assignment, I am going to be all boring and put 1,2,3, an 4. But...add some color. ~oooooh~

1) What was is it like for you to figure out what to write about?
Well it really wasn't that hard. I didn't want to do the metaphoric approach because I would of been all ehh about it, so I decided on writing something about my past. Since it was English class, the only thing that really stuck out was my horrible horrible paper that I nearly failed. Luckily, I kept that paper and just went from there.

2) What it was like for you to revise your work:
A) The ideas from my notebook were very plain, lacked where I was going with it specifically. As time progressed I went more in depth. My first draft were just the bones (and some skin, like me, haha!) and I went back and was like ehhh. My 2nd draft I saw a much bigger improvement, but something I am still not happy about it. My final hopefully (is that what she is calling it?) will be like a Thanksgiving meal with all the turkey, stuffing, green beans, potatoes, pies, and everything else. Will the turkey be 100% cooked? No, but I hope it showed my improvement from my first draft and can still give me somethings to work on.
B) One of the points I tired in revision strategies was to visit one of the paragraphs that wasn't clear to me or my readers, and after looking at it, they were right. (good job guys! :)) I first read the not-so-good paragraph and then revised almost every sentence and added detail and ~flow~ not only to that paragraph, but to the sentences around it to make it a more of easy transition. But that was only one paragraph, if time permits, I can try this strategy on other paragraphs and see where it takes me.

3) Editing my work made me realize that my paper wasn't perfect. Lacy's revision strategies and assignments were really helpful and better than the boring "revision is due by October 23rd" I liked going back into my paper and rereading it was the reader, not the writer. Also changing the beginning and ending statements gives your paper a new feel and a more interesting dive into the paper.

4) I want to say this assignment was a good tool to realize where you did things good and bad. It took a different approach and maybe really think about what you were writing, why you were writing it, and how you were writing it and revising it. It made you realize that your paper is never fantastic the first try, or even when you turn it in, but you can realize and see the change and growth you have made as a writer.

Revision Flow

It’s Monday. Not Sunday. I want food. I don’t want to do my math homework. Homework? English. English Homework? Whoops.

Okay, I am late. I know you are deeply disappointed for not reading one of my amazing blogs. Sorry!

So “last week’s blog” I am going to focus on our Literacy Narrative Revision ~flow chart~ things. So here is a picture of my first draft:

I started out with a flashback, confused, worried. Why did this happen? What did I do? My first paragraph was negative and kind of sad and boring to read. In my 3^rd paragraph, I decided to investiage. What are some of the things I did? Ah I see. Added that to my paper. With all the negatives in my paper, I decided my 4^th paragraph should be a little positive and mention Oreo’s…at least once. And with my conclusion, I came to a conclusion obviously and asked myself what I could of done better, and was it all on me, or my teacher.

AlTeRnAtE mEtHoD

So what if I saw what I did first? What if that made me thing of the ghost from Christmas past? I could return to the negative thoughts here. Hmm interesting, Hey, I’m not all that bad. I don’t suck at everything. J Bust out Sherlock Holmes. I can save my investigating till the end and proposed changes that could have been made.

Midterm

For our Midterm Project our group decided to meet in the Atkins Library at 9:30. Except me and Nikki went to Chick Fil A first. Kelsey was 3 minutes late (unbelievable) and I had to tell Michael to go up the fancy stairs.

So we get up and settled down and we are trying to decide on a book. We all agreed on a Dr. Seuss book and finding it was an adventure. 

Around the corner, through the room, back out the other door, up the stairs, down the stairs, to the information desk, up the elevator to the creepy fifth floor, being claustrophobic by the book cases that were 1 foot apart and the lights that were half on. Searching, searching, and searching up and down each aisle (documenting as we went along of course.) Kelsey and I decided to let Michael and Nikki to take a swing at it. So as me and Kelsey begin to review the requirements for the midterm, Nikki calls and asks for the call number of the book she found, a little while later they return with the Dr Seuss book I originally picked. We had circle time as Nikki read the book and we all decided to pick a page that we liked the best. Several pictures, check ins, friend requests, and emailing later, we finally got to the point where we needed to be. Now I am going to show you my, and some of the group's processes.

6:21 am: check weather report.

 

7:30 am: arrive at school, rainy. #GoodjobSiri

 

9:15 am: Meet with Nikki at Chick Fil A

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 9:20am Meet at the library

  

 9:22 am: Find a table.

 

 9:33 am: Tornado Warning in our area, whoo-hoo!

 

 9:35 am: Reviewing midterm guidelines.

9:40 am: Elevator time!

 

 9:41 am: Me pushing the button to floor 5 ☺

 

 

 9:42 am: Floor 5

 

9:43 am: Claustrophobia, tripping over step stools, and dark scary rooms.

  

10:00 am-ish: Nikki and Michael find the book #teamawesome

 

 Left side of my page:

 

Right side of my page:

 

10:30am: Socially connected.

We're all here

  

 12:15 pm-ish: Rain? Looks like it's sunny to me.

  

More pictures can be found here:

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