Daily Archives: December 3, 2013

Letter of Advice

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Dear, Next year students

                I have had my struggles with research during this course so my advice would be to learn how to research. Even if you think you know how to like I did, I would suggest you ask the professors for ways to research before it is too late. You don’t want to procrastinate because eventually you will have to research and that can be very time consuming if you don’t know what you’re looking for. Oh! For this class if you are like me you probably will have a hard time finding a location for speeches and essay topics. There’s a website (http://www.yelp.com/brooklyn) that will make it easier for you to find a place rather than walking around and hoping for the best. This website helps you find places based on your interest, just type in the keyword and locations will be given. For the speech class you may be nervous and that’s okay, I can honestly say once you do your first speech you will get more comfortable speaking. But what does help is PREPARATION, I CANNOT stress this enough. Memorizing your speeches and using index cards will ease the “pain”, before you know it you will be coming to your conclusion and feeling good about yourself way back to your seat. STUDY, the highest grade in my class for the speech midterm was in the low seventies, that was a wake-up call for all of us. Your professors have emails USE them, any question they will answer, if you have problems they can help, just ask for HELP. OFFICE hours, take ADVANTAGE it shows you care about your grade and that you are trying and it says a lot about your character and potential. Nobody cares about your education more than you, it starts with YOU. It’s either you do it or you don’t it is just that simple. GOOD LUCK.

BAM fire of 1903 summary

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A comparison of two stories founded within the New York Times archives article Brooklyn Academy of Music Ruins. The two stories showed two different vantage points, the inside and outside during the fire in 1903. On the inside of BAM during the 1903 fire there was an explosion that ignited the stage and set off the tragic event, eventually causing the outside commotion and panic. Neighboring businesses and residents began to evacuate and flood into the streets trying to avoid the fire. The fire department came too late to try to resist the fire and prevent the building from collapsing. By the time they got there the roof had already began to collapse.  The only thing that was left after flames were putout was the two facades. Further outside the fire in the neighborhood was Hugh McLaughlin and his family having breakfast but was disrupted by friends trying to warn them that the fire was nearing. Being stubborn they didn’t leave so the fire department had to resist the fire from their home as a compromise to their decision to remain in their home. Both stories were outcomes of the fire but had two different vantage points as one talked about the inside and the other the outside.