Jane Goodall plagarism

   How serious is plagiarism? Plagiarism is a serious offense for someone in school, and can cause a student to be expelled. It also can ruin someone's career if they are someone like a jounalist. Even though plagarism is not a real crime, it still has serious consequences. I think that Jane Goodall's plagarism is not very serious beacuse she apologized. She told people how it she didnt mean to and that she is very sorry if this hurt anybody. The information I needed to evaluate the situation was her background, like if she had plagiarized before, and if she had said anything publicly about it or not. 
   I think that she should fix her book and give credit where credit is due, but she should not be ridiculed because of it. To fix this situation, I think Goodall, her co-author, and publicist should revise the book and make new copies instead of selling the ones where she plagarized. I think that plagarisim is not a right thing to do, but there are some exceptions to whether or not the person is guilty. I think that Jane Goodall should not be treated unfiarly because of her mistake.

Revising

   After looking at my comments for my papers, I noticed what most of my errors were, and wrote down a list of things to correct. after looking at my list for each paper, I decided to revise the paper that i thought could benefit the most from me revising it. I chose my paper for the literacy narrative. I feel like even though i got the best grade on this paper, I could add more and add more detail to my writing. 

   The two traits I chose to focus on while revising my paper are word choice and voice. For word choice, I would like to add meaningful, engaging, and effective words that really bring my paper to life, instead of just a story being told. I need to work more on my voice so i can make the story clearer. I want to make my story unique and exciting for readers to read. I think that the comments will help me revise my paper and make it turn out even better than before.

Reading Times:

Wednesday: 38 minutes reading Crank
Thursday: 97 minutes reading
Saturday: 49 minutes reading

Total: 184 mimutes and 193 pages reading Crank

Nervous Conditions Review

I think that Nervous Conditions should be part of the syllabus next year, but with a few changes. The reason I think it should be is because the book associates itself with the main question for this year, and isn’t as boring as some other books. It helps answer our question and makes students wonder about the question and how it relates to the story in the book.
   I think that the book isn’t too much to handle itself, but the projects were a different story. I think that the choice we had to decide which projects we anted to do was nice because we had some freedom with our work. The only bad thing was that everything was due really close together. I think if Nervous Conditions is on the syllabus for next year to maybe spread out the due dates by a few more days. I really appreciated all the work days, because I knoe I probably wouldn’t have been able to finish my projects with out them. 
   Even though this book has a few awkward situations, it includes life lessons. It also includes several issues that are worldly known. These issues include race, gender inequality, and progress versus tradition. The book connects to questions we ask several times in class and discuss as a class.
   I think that if Nervous Conditions would not be included in the syllabus next year, to replace it with a different book. A suggestion I give may be A Grain of Wheat by Ngugi wa Thiong'o, because it raises similar issues and helps answers our year long question for English I. Another book could be Maru by Bessie Head, which is a book that focuses on gender and community and their affects on everyone in their village. Even if Nervous Conditions is not on the syllabus next year, there are several other suitable books to replace this book with.

Work Times: 
Monday: 27 minutes working on Playlist
Tuesday: 17 minutes working on playlist
Wednesday: 28 minutes working on paper
Thursday: 22 minutes working on playlist
Saturday: 39 minutes working on paper
Sunday: 22 minutes working on paper

Total: 155 minutes working on playlist and paper

Expectations

   In Nervous Conditions, the differences in the way Tambu acts at different places is easy to see. Like Tambu, I think I act differently sometimes depending on where I am and who I am with. I feel I act differently because of the setting, like serious or playful, wherever I am. I think two of the places I am most different in is Church and at my house.
   The atmosphere for my Church is serious, so nobody really makes jokes during the service. We are there to praise God, and doing things like that are deemed as unacceptable and rude to other people around you. On the other hand, at my house my sisters and I love to joke around and play with one another. So I feel more comfortable to be crazy and have fun with my family. There are several places where I act differently, but these two stood out most to me.

Free post

   Over the past weekend, I did many things. Most of the time I spent working on my layered projects, because I knew I wouldn't want to do them throughout the week and the next weekend, because it is St. Patrick's Day. On Saturday, my family and I woke up and had to get ready for my little sister's soccer game. Anna Scot is on a club soccer team, and the season just started back up. They have already had a few games, but this one was in Lake Charles. Anyway, we had to get up relatively early, because it takes about three hours to get there. Before we left, my mom told us to bring some snacks, because they wouldn't stop when we got there. Of course we forgot to bring snacks, so we were hungry the entire ride there. At the game, it was rainy and muddy. I really wanted to just stay in the car the entire game, but my parents wouldn't let me. So I had to stand out in the mud for a little over an hour. During the game, Anna Scot's team played very well, but some of their players weren't able to make the game, so they didn't do as well as they could have. Even though they lost that game, it was fun to go and support my sister. We got back around five and then my parents and Anna Scot went to the LSU baseball game, while Kate, my other sister, and I stayed home and did some homework.
   On Sunday, Anna Scot had another soccer game, but this time it was in Baton Rouge, so we didn't have to wake up as early. We went to the field and I had two sweatshirts on. It was so cold and windy outside I was sure that I would blow away. But thankfully, I didn't. Anna's team won this game, so it was exciting for her and her team to have another victory. While at the game, we saw some other teams with people we knew and got to watch some of their games too. Then, when we came home, I did more homework. So basically, my weekend consisted of soccer games and homework.

Reading Times:
Monday: 46 minutes reading and annotating Nervous Conditions
Tuesday: 36 minutes reading and annotating
Wednesday: 41 minutes reading and annotating
Thursday: 35 minutes reading and annotating
Saturday: 83 minutes reading and annotating
Sunday: 51 minutes reading and annotating

Total: 292 minutes reading and annotating 86 pages in Nervous Conditions

Character View: Nyasha

   My life is terrible. My parents don't understand anything about me. They try to get me to behave the way people from this country are like, but I am accustomed to the English ways. They think everything I do is rude or disrespectful. I guess my mother, Tambu, and Chido don't understand why I stood up to my father when he beat me. But I swear that he was so mad he was going to kill me that night.
  I am very thankful for my new friend Tambu. Even though she doesn't know much about our lifestyle, she is adapting pretty well. I think it is funny to joke with her about the things she doesn't know much about. Even though Tambu I get along well with Tambu, I don't have many other friends. It is hard to be the headmaster's daughter at my school. Sometimes I just wish my family was back in England rather than here.

Reflection

   The projects that we just finished were not as difficult as i anticipated. Now that I have finished one layer, I feel confident I can finish the others. The only thing i will adjust for the next layers is how I use my time. For the first one, I didn't really do the assignments early. For the next ones, which I have already started on, I will not procrastinate. 
   The most useful assignment I have completed are the reading guides for each chapter. The questions help me understand things better, by giving me a reason to go back and reread the sections I was confused about. They also give me an opportunity to write my own questions and examine the chapter throughly. The least useful assignment, because I haven't done many yet, was the Menu. I only think it was the least useful because it did not require any understanding of the book, or knowledge about things we have already learned in English this year. 

Reading Times: 
Monday: 48 minutes annotating and reading18 pages
Tuesday: 61 minutes annotating and reading 2 pages
Wednesday: 56 minutes annotating and reading 17 pages
Thursday: 45 minutes annotating and reading 17 pages

Total: 210 minutes reading and annotating 74 pages