Intrested in taking this course???

 Hey everyone, your most likely reading this blog to see if you should take this course or for advice on this course. I am here to tell you that you should really consider taking this course if your alright with demanding work that will challenge you. If you want an easy class that you can just fly through, then choose another class because Professor Arrington's class is demanding. Even though it may be demanding, it's very rewarding and fun. You learn how to write more effectively and apply the skills you learn in this class to other classes.

  If you decide to take this course I will tell you now, DO NOT PROCRASTINATE. The work she gives you needs to be done before a day before it's due. Also turn in every assignment, missing one is the difference between failing and passing the class. The homework might seem a little tedious but it will really help you in the long run. This class will be as easy as you make it, if you choose to do all of your work at the last minute it will be hard do it on time and you wont have any issues.

  Professor Arrington is an amazing teacher and if you have any issues or need any help she is there. She will really make you think outside of the box and you will see your work in a different way. You will start this class as an alright writer, but by the end of the class you'll be an amazing writer.

 I think Professor Arrington's English 1101 class is good for anyone who doesn't mind doing work and being challenged. If you would like to be in an easier, less demanding class, this is not the course for you.

My Cultural Adventure

 Well hey you guys. It's been a pretty long time since I've blogged or informed you of how my adventure was going. Well I'm here to inform you that I have completed my adventure and I'm extremely proud of the results. I went on cultural adventure and I experienced what it meant to be a true African American. I visited the African American Research Library on Auburn Avenue and I went to a bookstore called the Shrine Of The Black Madonna. This adventure really changed my whole perception of what it meant to be African American. At first I was always like "Okay this is what I am nothing more nothing less". I never wanted to really learn about my culture because I really didn't care.

  Now, I'm learning what it means to be African American. I'm now able to learn more efficiently about other cultures because I know who I am and I know what my culture is. I have found a higher meaning of self, I think I am finally able to say that I know who I am.

My not adventure so far

  Oh my gosh, where do I begin? Lets start with the fact that none of my adventure has been completed at all. The first adventure I had planned, was doomed from the start; we were to young, we had no money and no way for transportation. The adventure that I'm speaking of was the road trip adventure. I realized there was no way for me to pull off this road trip so let I thought of a new idea. The second idea I had thought of was to go camping, but unfortunately the group of people I hang out with are extremely close minded so I moved on to the next idea for an adventure. My adventure that I'm planning now is to go to a place called little five points right outside of Atlanta. Since my adventure HAS YET TO TAKE PLACE, the only way I feel about it right now is pissed.

  None of my adventures have gone as planned, due to either close-minded friends or lack of funds and or time. I just want to give up completely, and find some average adventure to go on, just to get this whole thing over with. My whole perception of adventure is that it is non-achievable when your looking for an adventure. I guess that I just need to keep a camera with me at all times and document the unplanned adventures that I go on a daily basis. I am just going to restate what I said earlier that none I repeat none of my adventure has been completed, I am right where I began.

So many adventures..So little time

 A real adventure must challenge you in three main ways: mentally, physically and emotionally. The adventure must make you think at a different level out of your norm, it must also cause you to use your body in ways that could either cause complete relaxation or absolute mind boggling pain. Lastly it must challenge you emotionally, at the end of the adventure you should be in touch with some emotion, whether it be anger, joy, or sadness.  

 Oh so many adventures, Oh so little time. During the course of Three weekends, I plan on going on 3, three, not one, not two, but THREE adventures, All which will challenge me mentally, physically and emotionally. My first adventure will be a spiritual adventure, which will challenge me mentally, physically and emotionally.I will meditate for four hours everyday anywhere that I am. I will have to sit for hours and be in absolute silence and completely immobile. At the end of the meditation I should be either really angry from doing nothing but sitting, or I can be at complete peace.   

 My second adventure is a social adventure.  I will be visiting parks around Georgia with a friend while fencing. What I mean is that we will stop in the middle of a crowd and burst out in a fencing battle. The challenging thing is, is that me nor this friend has ever fenced a day in our lives. This will challenge physically because I'm not really active at all and my friend is super athletic. Mentally, I have a short attention span, so I will have to keep focused and try to avoid getting poked. Emotionally, I can be a wreck, so if I get stabbed I will possibly throw a fit.

 My final adventure will be I guess a road trip adventure. Me and a group of four to five of my friends will be going on a road trip through out Georgia and where ever we land, that's where we will explore. We do not plan on sleeping in a hotel but in the car or in a tent. That's hard for me because sleeping in a car with five other people keeps me from getting comfortable and I am a very wild sleeper. Also I have a very horrible since of direction so if we get lost and nobody knows where to go, we will have to follow the little dipper to find my way home. Last some of these girls going on this road trip can be a little diva-ish so I know with the lack of sleeping space, little knowledge of directions and different personalities, tempers and emotions will 

flair. 

        I hope that this adventure does not kill me

Adventure time with Temprah

 What is an adventure? well I can tell you not to look in Websters Dictionary because the definition is absolute BULL. Truth be told, an adventure is what ever the individual thinks it is. I define adventure as an experience that teaches something positive or something negative. For example, smoking weed for the first time can be an adventure, but what you learn from it is negative. Now going on a journey to find out the true meaning of life is an adventure that teaches you something positive, but as I stated before adventure is what ever you want it to be.

 One adventure that I had took place during the Christmas break of my Junior year of high school. My Father, Stepmother, Stepbrother and I all went down to Tybee Island in Savannah Ga. It wasn't my first time ever being in Savannah but it was my first time ever being on a beach. First I was a little nervous because I thought a shark was going to attack me, but that's another story for another time. We stayed in a bed and breakfast(also a first for me) and I found it extremely soothing. What made this an adventure for me is that for the few days that I was there, I remember getting up at the crack of dawn to walk the cool beach and collect sea shells(which to this day is still have). There's a soothing affect of knowing that you are next to the Atlantic Ocean and seeing all of the sea life that's there. I would put my feet in the water and let my toes explore the sea floor, and I would pick up the conch shells and examine their pretty colors, they reminded me of Ty-die t-shirts. I would try my hardest to get lost while walking down the sea side just so I could walk back just to see if there was anything that I didn't see before.
I also visited the local businesses and one of the owners gave me a pretty shell that was painted white and had glitter on it, I think I put it back on to the beach so some little snail could call it home. I also found a pet crab and named him Mr.Krabs but when we got back home he was no where to be found and I saw melted butter in a bowl...(kind of makes me wonder). When we left I remember taking one more stroll down the beach just to smell the fresh sea water, and put my feet in the water one more time.
 What made this an adventure for me was the fact that it was something I had never done before and that it taught me to really appreciate sea life. It spoke to me, and that adventure made me want to do more to help keep our natural beaches clean. Some wouldn't consider this an adventure because they've been to beaches plenty of times or their sky divers and the thought of staying on the ground and searching beaches leaves a bad taste in their mouth. Now, the ones who would think this was an adventure would see the beauty and understand the serenity that comes along with being on a beach. They would know that you can learn to appreciate nature by taking a stroll down the beach. But as I stated earlier, an adventure is whatever the individual wants it to be.