During the first ten minutes of class, write a summary of your reading of the Vision chapter from John Medina’s Brain Rules. Also, write about how important vision is to communication–from the side of the communicator as well as the audience. Before our next class, post a comment here based on your in-class notebook writing.

After spending ten minutes writing a summary of your reading from John Medina’s Brain Rules, “Sleep” chapter, type up your in-class response and post it here before our next class. Remember to revise your writing for clarity and correctness when you type from your handwritten summary.

INTRODUCTION:
In this project i had the chance to reflect my thoughts on my future goals and ambitions and how I’m going to accomplish them and the steps I’ve taken. I wrote down day thought where I would reflect to to see my focus on my goals. With the thoughts i have written i was able to use them and reflect to several photos that I’ve taken that have a deep meaning to me. throughout this project I’ve learned much about my steps for me to achieve my future goals and made them more organized .

THINKING IN WRITING:
Wake up
Shower get dressed, need more sleep
Pack bag for work and class
Have breakfast
Feed baby Jake and walk lexi
Leave the house and get to class
Sit in class for an hour and half amd get on with it
Leave class and get a snack
Start the next class
Get on with that class
Have lunch finally
Get to work
Hang woth some coworkers and talk with them
Stand around and greet people and get payed to stand in front of a store
When I’m bored go for a walk in the store
Then leave and get dressed to go home
Wait for the train forever
Finally walking home
Shower and freshen up
Do hw
Back to sleeppppp finally.

THINKING VISUALLY:
This photo is a picture of my baby brother “Jake” who means the world to me and has everything to do with my future.

This photo is a picture of where i work and where i am most of the time ” Hollister Co.” this place has a lot of meaning to me because I’ve learned a lot from here and met many new people who mean something to me now.

In this Photo it has more than one meaning, this picture shows “Photography” the thing i do on my free time and a place where i go to relax, as well as the view of NYC of what i love so much.

THINKING RHETORICALLY AND REFLECTIVELY:
My name is Elvin and I am a freshmen at NYCCT. I am 18 years old and I curentley am an architecture major but I am planning to change that to criminal justice management. Thus I plan on transferring out to John Jay. The reason I want to study criminal justice now is because I basically grew up with law enforcement because my father is a supervisory special agent for the FBI. And as he has a passion for it I also grew to have a passion for the study. But the reason I took up architecture because I always did like to draw and my father told me to study architecture ever since I was in 8th grade but I wanted to study criminal justice but he would always say no but never said why. As I got older I decided to take charge of my own life and study what I had a passion for and he also knew I was getting older so now he is encouraging me to follow my dreams. But the fact on why he told me in the first place on not why to study criminal justice is because it is a dangerous field and he has gotten shot before but he did have a vest on. And he was scared that it might also happen to me. Now he knows I am bigger and that is life so I have decided to take that field of study.
I currently do work, as a model for Hollister Co. I been with the company since last year and enjoy my job. I basically stand in one spot and greet people. I’m a greeter. As though my job is stated “model”, I can’t stand around all day. I’m an action guy, so a month ago I got promoted to mode/LP. LP stands for lost prevention agent or now the name was changed to asset protection AP. I am trained to apprehend shoplifters. This part of my job is interesting because for me at a young age I already have started my criminal justice and law enforcement career. I have a baby brother. His name is Jake and he is two years old. He is everything to my life, and he is one of the most important reasons on why I didn’t leave for college out of state. I can’t live without him. Every day when I come home from work he would be up and not sleep till I get home. I do everything for him bath, feed, play, love etc. last Halloween he was a Lion. But I don’t know what to make him this year. Even though he might bother me and be annoying I still love him because he is blood. Since I got Jake I don’t need anyone else. I take him many places, just us. One of our favorite place is Brooklyn Bridge Park and Gov Island. When I go to Brooklyn Bridge Park I do photography. I just started my photography hobby a couple of weeks ago and I’m beginning to like it. I love taking pictures of the city and nature. New York City is a beautiful place to live in. I was born and raised here but nationality wise I am part Cuban and Hawaiian. Every time Jake and I or my friends and I go to the city I still am amazed by its beauty. Jake and I often go to gov island, that’s our little play island he loves it there. And that’s where I can get away from everything and get be alone. That’s my spot but for a quick relaxing time for example after class or before work my place to go is Brooklyn Bridge Park. Thus I argue that my current thinking is focused on the things that will enable my future success.
My current actions are focused on my future success because I have already taken the step to start my career and study field in criminal justice management. I work for Hollister as a model and a LP agent which shows that I already took an action to move forward with my career. I prevent thefts and apprehend shoplifters on a daily basis, which in this case I work with law enforcement. Last two summers ago I participated in an internship for my dad at the bureau. I’ve worked with the FBI and gotten a taste for the job. But I’ve been looking at the job very since the day I was born because I lived with my father ever since I was born and have been growing interest in his field of study. Law enforcement is in my blood. The only thing stopping me now is time because time is what will tell my future as though I’ve already taken a step to start my career successfully.
I might also do modeling in the future. I took this step ahead because now I model for the company I was recruited to work for, Hollister Co. I’ve been with the company since last year and been a model for them since. I was recruited by # modeling agencies so far and I declined for all of them because I thought it wasn’t the right time for me to juggle work school social life and my family. As of now I am an in store model and my schedule is really flexible. Since I was working with the Company my managers love me and I learn new management tactic every day from them. This will also help me for my future. I’ve learned a lot from this job. I’ve learned management skills, inventory, and lost prevention training, marketing, cashier closing, etc. but at the end of the day I’m still considered a model for the company who represents the brand and greets people. Which is great because I get paid to stand and talk to people and take pictures with them! Soon I will move into an agency with bigger goals and work with many more people hopefully.
My past experience with my internship with the FBI and my current job are great examples for my future plan. The time I spend with Jake is helping me become a great future father but currently I believe I am a great big brother. My past experiences has helped me develop my future. My current thinking is focused on the things that will enable my future success. Without a doubt I believe I am heading in the right path. I spend most of my time at work, I call that my second home because my coworkers are like family epically my mangers. I have two favorite mangers and they always have my back no matter. I told myself that when they quit that’s when I quit. My friendship with them is that strong. But I love being there because were like a big family there and plus the store is a big mansion! Sometimes I stayed there till 1 am doing floor sets. I don’t do this job for the money I do it for my friends there. Being with them means more to me than making money. And the environment is so chill there. Also I meet new people every day, a lot of tourist and then they take a pic of me and them with them back home to here country. It makes me feel happy that I can make someone else feel the same way. Thus everything that I’m doing now is helping me become a better person physically mentally and successfully.

WORK CITED:
Elvin007 [ elvin shidker]. “Re: Project 1: Thinking in Writing.” Openlab. ENG1101 D377 English Composition 1, FA2014, 21 Sept, 2014.Web. 17 Oct, 2014

Shikder, Elvin “Jake.” Flickr. 15 Oct, 2014.Web. 18 Oct, 2014

Shikder, Elvin “Work Hollister Co.” Flickr. 21 Sept, 2014.Web. 18 Oct, 2014

Shikder, Elvin “Photography.” Flickr. 15 Oct, 2014.Web. 18 Oct, 2014

After you write your chapter summary and we have our student-led presentation, we will spend the rest of the time discussing and writing about Project One.

During class, take out a clean sheet of paper (with no torn perforations).

Write your name at the top of the page on the right corner.

Think about Project One (what you accomplished, how you accomplished it, and how it turned out).

Write an essay that makes an argument to me about what your grade on the assignment should be. First, write your thesis/argument statement (what grade you should receive). Second, evaluate your Project One submission as evidence for the grade that you believe you deserve. Third, describe what you would have done differently to make your Project One better than it currently is.

Leave your essay on the table as you leave class.

INTRODUCTION:

In this project I had the great opportunity that I wouldn’t have had otherwise to reflect on my thoughts and how to in a way manipulate your brain to see how you take things into perspective and your point of views on any subject. In the process of completing this interesting project, I have learned many observations about myself that I would always make that without actually analyzing it and thinking about it. A major observation I’ve encountered is that I need to start being more organized than before. In the process of completing this project I have learned many ways on how I should be organized with my thoughts and ideas and think more effectively in the future.

THINKING IN WRITING:

-woke up at 10 am- damn a new record for waking up early on a Sunday? I usually wake up at 1
I need to get ready ASAP! Going to go see the girlfriend today
I’m hungry! To eat lucky charms or cinnamon toast crunch?
-10 min. later- aghhh f*** it. I guess I’ll have a bowl of each
Need to complete some assignments for college but I guess that can wait a bit
hmmmm what movie to watch with her? Horror? Drama? Romance? Comedy? ahhh so hard
I guess why not all in one? “Odd Thomas” it is!!! babe will love this movie
mhm this movie is actually pretty good , even from the ratings guaranteed quality, well. Most of the time
all depends on personal preference
everyone’s different after all or else it would be the same boring thing every day
I’m hungry I’m going to order some Chinese food … I know I shouldn’t eat this but IDC it’s so good
oh wow its 5 already where the hell does time go? Guess it’s time to go home and finish some assignments
oh dinners ready okay great more food can’t complain about that everyone loves food! I wonder who doesn’t oh crazy people
already 9pm wow I better hurry if I want to have some time to watch some Netflix before bed
wow these assignments can take time I should have done these earlier and got it over with it oh well
finally done ugh I could have finished quicker if I wasn’t on Facebook or texting or Instagram
yeah I can disable that I can’t blame that but who can resist LOL
well its 12 am now I guess I should go to sleep….I got to wake up at 7 I mean I guess I’ll sleep on the train night! This assignment of thoughts in particular was pretty interesting I can’t complain.

 THINKING VISUALLY:

“Game of Life” = This picture say’s a lot about life in my perspective. Life is chess, no matter what it’s gonna’ win in the end. The choice is whether you will be just a pawn or a king when the game ends.

“Reality Within Fiction” = This picture represents a huge passion that I have for movies. Many movies now a days always contain at least a small amount of truth behind all the fiction parts, that always interests me. I watch at least 4 movies every week even more if I have spare time.

“Simple Technical Graphics Homework” = This is a picture of my homework for this class. Simple homework like this, makes me think why I don’t get it over with and finish soon, instead of waiting last minute just like every other homework I do, if it’s so simple.

 Thinking Rhetorically and Reflectively:

My name is Christian Ross. I’m currently a freshman at City Tech. I am currently 18 years old at
the moment and honestly enjoying my stay and time at City Tech College so far. City Tech is an
open environment with many restaurants and cart vendors right nearby, to fulfill your starvation, hunger and craves. Which my friends and I enjoy so much. Every Tuesday and Thursday we would go out as group after class and eat at different restaurants surrounding city tech nearby. I’m an open minded individual, willing to consider new ideas. Ever since the start of this English class, I have been giving my thoughts some serious reflections. In my essay, I will be arguing that my thoughts are all over the place and I need to work on focusing them on the things that matter the most and on my future success. I believe that many people have their thoughts all over the place as well.

Reason being as to why my thoughts are all over the place is because, I usually think about what’s happening at that moment and not the consequences of long terms from those thoughts and decisions I make most of the time. Although I spend a lot of my time thinking of what’s currently happening in my life and activities, I also do spend time doing some deep in depth thinking about life in general and the future. I also think about very unimportant events and trends in my social environment like many others that has nothing to benefit for me but some joy, not for my future goals. I guess I’m a very random person, which explains why my thoughts jump from different topics every so often and are very random and strange. One of my very interesting thoughts is that, why does time “fly” so quickly by when you’re enjoying yourself and having a blast as oppose to it going unusually slow at a turtle walking pace when you find yourself bored with nothing to do, or uninterested in whatever activity you’re doing.

 I believe that people that focus more on long term goals and their futures, are more likely to succeed at a rapid pace and with ease than those that just decide to go with the flow and make poor decisions by waiting. Waiting is never the answer, you either do now or do never. Which is why I need to be more organized, I don’t necessarily spend much time or put enough thought into my future career and how my life will be then, I just think about living life right now. To be truthful at this moment I’m a procrastinator and I hate it. I always think I will get things done later cause I have time, but the truth is you don’t, you never know what kinds of random situations you might encounter and completely forget about what you were going to complete later or you end up waiting until the very last minute, and have to rush and end up with poorly completed assignments, work or tasks being done because you didn’t set enough time and effort into you tasks.

In my day of thoughts, I wrote “oh wow its 5 already where the hell does time go?” (Christian.Ross28 par. 13) I think about time every so often. Why does time pass by so quickly let’s say when you’re having fun with your friends, or playing videos games, and why does it go so slow by when you’re doing something you don’t like or bored out of your mind whether you’re just sitting there, or at a boring lecture in one of your classes, you tend to drift away and start day dreaming about other activities and events aside from what you’re supposed to be focusing at that moment because you simply just can’t handle how boring it is and uninterested you are about that particular topic. This happens to me every so often, where if I’m not in the mood to be in class and the professor starts talking about a certain topic that’s not very interesting, I start dazing off and have outside thoughts that are irrelevant to my class and end up with me being lost and not knowing what I’m supposed to be completing.

Another bad habit of mine is I’m clearly a procrastinator. I get distracted from what I’m doing a lot of time, “finally done ugh I could have quicker if I wasn’t on Facebook or Instagram” (Christian.Ross28 par. 20) Technology now a days distracts us from our daily lives the majority of the time. Walking on the streets, you will encounter people walking blindly with their heads down and eyes glued to their phones, and being in risk of getting hit by a car any moment because they are too heavily distracted and not aware of their surroundings. Social media is a huge problem for many students including myself. Reason being is because we spend so much of our time on the internet and being social that we don’t put much effort in person. I’m always checking my phone every so often to see who wrote to me or what did people post on Instagram or Facebook the two most time consuming applications alive possible. I just need to learn to set my priories straight and save the technology and media for after when I’m done with my works and tasks that I must complete first and not get distracted by my phone and end up never accomplishing my job and saving it for the end and handing it incomplete with many mistakes and not enough effort into it. I should come up with a way to not get distracted easily by my phone, maybe turning it off and not putting it into use until after I’m completely done with whatever my task is at that moment would be a beneficial idea? Because simply just putting your phone on silent isn’t enough, you will still have the urge and need to check it for any notifications or updates easily since you’re so used to it, so having it completely turned off will prevent you from doing so.

I know that if I don’t start changing up my types of thoughts soon and make them more organized, than that will lead to a lot of more work to be done and my mind will be all over the place. I want to be that professional in my career in the future that knows what’s going on, that knows what to do what to operate and how, that only thinks and focuses on the things and tasks that matter which is getting the job done with time, carefulness, preparation and hard work with no mistakes or any dysfunctions. That only thinks about their study and work and how they can improve on and become more skilled and build up their potential quickly. Instead of being that type of person that people always complain about because they aren’t focused and seem lost in whatever they are doing, because they were too busy thinking about other irrelevant thoughts that have absolutely nothing to do and doesn’t involve their hob or work what so ever. That’s the type of person that many people will love to go and seek help from, the professionals that always excel in their works, and know what they are operating with that can do their jobs on time and well done with no mistakes. To have completed their tasks professionally done because they focused on ways to improve themselves and only thought about getting their jobs done and what types of solutions they can make to better their works and always move on and keep going up the ladder and progressing on their effort of work. Instead of those people that don’t use mechanics, and only focus on getting the job done with little to no effort as possible and end up doing poorly in their tasks and assignments, and have to redo them later on a couple times because they couldn’t get it done right the first time.

In conclusion. As of now my thoughts have little to nothing to do with my future career success, that I need to change up. In the future I have to stay dedicated to my field of study and not focus on thoughts outside of my work. As you can clearly see, many of my thoughts are scattered throughout the place and need to be more organized. Focusing only with a lot of time on the things and tasks that matter will lead me to be more successful in my work and improve my future success and provide more opportunities.

                                                                                   WORKS CITED:

Christian.Ross28 [Christian Ross]. “Re: Project 1: Thinking In Writing” OpenLab. ENG1101 D377 English Composition 1, FA2014. 12:36 29, September 2014. Web. 14 Oct, 2014

Ross,Christian “Game of Life” Flickr. 10, Oct. 2014. Web. 14 Oct, 2014

Ross, Christian “Reality Within Fiction” Flickr. 10, Oct. 2014. Web 14 Oct, 2014

Ross, Christian “Simple Technical Graphics Homework” Flickr. 10, Oct. 2014. Web 14 Oct, 2014

Introduction

For the duration of this project, I channeled my brain’s ability of multi-modality with the use of recording a full day of thoughts, writing and revising notes on a daily basis, taking pictures of objects/events that stood out to me, and last was to use all three parts to plan out how I’d think in the future and how it would effect my future. In a way this project was about collecting data for a hypothesis of the future versus what we aspire to think like. Though change isn’t easy I believe the biggest obstacle that makes us hesitate to change is having the epiphany that we need to change. This project helped me see how I would think and gave me a chance to explore how my mind thinks on a daily basis.

Thinking in Writing

My entire body is sore, wonder why? – 11:00am
5 more minutes… -11:30am
Must get out of bed. MY HAMSTERS ARE CALLING FOR ME. -12:00pm
If only pets understood human speech. The conversations we would have though. -12:30pm
Note to self: Special K chocolate cereal is not all that great. -1:00pm
Why must my hamster poop on me every time I hold her? -1:30pm
I’d love to work at the zoo, possibly. -2:00pm
I want punch someone. These dramas always make me sad. -2:30pm
I think dramas are just something to make females angry. -3:00pm
Don’t just eat the food, BE THE FOOD. -3:30pm
I really want Starbucks, a lot. -4:00pm
TEACUP ANIMALS ARE TOO CUTE. -4:30pm
30 minutes later and I’m still looking up videos of teacup animals, what life do I have? -5:00pm
Why must my parents not use keys and decide to disturb me in my teacup animal phase? -5:30pm
I think my friend giggles like a girl. It’s manly giggle, more men should do it. -6:00pm
I should probably finish up my homework. -6:30pm
Sometimes I feel like everyone should have a pet. -7:00pm
Oh, I missed a cat cafe today. Hamsters comfort me. -7:30pm
I should probably sleep early today. -8:00pm
I feel like eating again. -8:30pm
I love my toothpaste.- 9:00pm
I’m sleeping at 11 today! That is the goal. -9:30pm
No I lied, I’ll sleep after this episode. -10:00pm
I still haven’t done homework. Oh no. -10:30pm
I CAN’T SLEEP YET. I don’t feel sleepy. -11:00pm
I need more food..raiding fridge now. -11:30pm
Ok, I must sleep. My people need me. -12:00am

Thinking Visually

“Monica’s Art”

This was a picture a friend of mine drew to to celebrate my birthday and to show appreciation as a friend.

“A Day at The Beach”

Simplicity. My friend was really creative and made her own camera thus why the quality is a bit iffy but simple things like this, despite being just a picture is reverie.

“Most Memorable Birthday”

On my birthday I decided to play pool and my friend suddenly dragged me into the bathroom claiming she needed it and kept me in there for about 3 minutes until she dragged me out. I was so surprised to see this sitting on the table, but one of the first birthday’s I’ve celebrated.

Thinking Rhetorically

My name is Janie Su, I am currently a freshmen attending City Tech majoring in computer engineering. However, I don’t have the slightest hint of what my future might hold. I’m not sure if I’ll switch majors or continue to stay in computer engineering. Though truthfully I’m  following the motto I never wanted to follow “Money makes the world go round.” This project made me see something I never saw before, I was being naive. Yes, money does make the world go round but it can’t buy happiness. My thoughts have always been inside the box and practical. I feared to take chances was what the thoughts I collected screamed to me. This will both affect my future and my present, personal or career wise. I should’ve learned to cherish the simplicity of life, cherish those who have had a positive impact on my life, and begin to believe that pursuing happiness instead of money will give me the greatest result in the end. I realized I needed to change.
Change, it’s something we learn over time. No one teaches us the meaning of change rather we learn it ourselves through experience. That’s why we change without even registering that we did. Though ironically when we actually try to change, we struggle with it. I believe it’s because when it dawns upon us that we may need to change, a part of us says no immediately because the first step to changing is figuring out what to change. That causes us to see what flaws we have and that epiphany alone gives us a cold reality check sometimes. The most important kind of change are the ones that we implement on ourselves, where we see our flaws and admit we need to fix them. By pooling together information for this project I developed a list of my ideals, reasons to change, and how it might affect my future if I do or don’t change.
Simplicity. The mere word brings me a sense of gratitude and appreciation. The world as it is now seems to be wrapped around money, power, and fame. It seems the word “simple” has lost it’s value to a mere summary of instructions for workers rather than value small things. My train of thought has blended in with the belief that simplicity is no longer something we are able to hold close. Every day seems to be chaotic and competitive, I seem to forget the simple memories and the small things I did to cheer myself up when I was down. In a day of thoughts I wrote “MUST GET OUT OF BED. My hamsters are calling for me.” I only got the hamster and weeks ago but they are one of my prime reasons for being happy each morning. Something as effortless as them standing on their hind legs brings a smile to my face. I do not want to become part of the culture where the word simple no longer exists as a positive term. The future I set for myself as a child would be completely gone and destroyed if I allowed myself to forget the true meaning of simplicity. In the day of thoughts I wrote “I’d love to work at the zoo possibly.” Even though I know I probably won’t the mere of thought of it makes me happy. The idea of being around something I’m fond of enlightens me and I hope I still continue to hold the same train of thought years from now.
I believe the saying, “A person’s past will reflect on a person’s future.” I wish to hold close those who have put their trust and effort in me, without certain people I would not be able to be the person I am today. I wish to rid the regrets of my past and see them as stepping stools to my future. In “Most Memorable Birthday” the picture was taken on my 17th birthday. I never celebrated my birthday but that was one of the first times I did, my friends surprised me with a giant cake while smiling at me wishing me happy birthday. Those same people were the ones that were  there for me when I needed the most and till this day they still remain close to my heart, maybe a bit hidden but they’re there. But I recently have began to forget how important they are to me and if I were to forget what they did for me, shame on me. I hope for the years to come that I never forget their kindness towards me.
The future is something unknown to us all the only people who may know would probably be Father Time.  I may not know what will happen in the future but I do have an idea now about what kind of person I’ll become and if I can change it or not. I have taken so many things for granted and distanced myself from so many people that I find it disappointing. In “Monicas Art” a friend drew it for me as a gift to show her appreciation to me yet today we don’t even speak anymore. I don’t wish to continue on like that, I no longer want to distance my friends away from me nor do I wish to forget the good memories.  All of them will be locked away in my personal box of treasures deep in my heart.

However the future is something I want to look forward to, with the new found knowledge of what I may think and how I can fix it I do not wish to falter from it. I want to keep the promises I made as child and I want to continue to keep them because the promises made when you were younger will always be the most genuine ones since they were left untainted and forgotten. Change will be something I am constantly going to keep working on and something I will continuously keep trying to improve on. The way I think now will affect my negatively in my future unless I am able to revise my ways.

Works Cited

JanieS [Janie Su] “Re. Project1: Thinking in Writing.” openlab. ENG 1101 D377 English Composition 1, FA 2014, 22 Sept.2014. Web.13 Oct.2014

Su, Janie “Monica’s Art.” Flickr. 14 Oct, 2014.Web. 14 Oct, 2014

Su, Janie “A Day at The Beach.” Flickr. 14 Oct, 2014.Web. 14 Oct, 2014

Su, Janie “Most Memorable Birthday.” Flickr. 14 Oct, 2014.Web. 14 Oct, 2014

In a day of thoughts I wrote “MUST GET OUT OF BED. My hamsters are calling for me.”(JanieS Par 26)

In the day of thoughts I wrote “I’d love to work at the zoo possibly.”(JanieS Par.31)

INTRODUCTION

This project gave me a opportunity to write down what i did on a certain day and reflect upon it. I also had to take pictures of the places i went to when i wrote down my thoughts. Last of all, I had to write an essay based on what i wrote and write a argumentative essay on it. The purpose of this project is to think back on the actions i take and make a plan for what i should do in the future.

THINKING IN WRITING

Woo, I’m finally awake.
I think I should go out and eat something.
Just kidding I’ll just cook food.
This soup is so hot, have to let it cool down.
This drama is getting good.
Time to go out to play basketball.
This game is too intense.
I want to go home and take a shower.
Should i eat dinner at home or with my friends tonight?
Popeye’s, tonight it is.
Why is it so expensive?
Thank god I have my bike to go places.
Showering after playing ball is the best.
Time for some computer games.
This game pisses me off so much, i don’t know why i play it.
Its getting late should i sleep?
These videos are keeping me up, they’re so funny.
Now I’m tired, going to pass out.

THINKING VISUALLY

This is the kind of soup that i drank. I love canned soup, It’s so easy to make and warms my heart. It’s perfect for the cold weather outside and it fills me up.

This is a picture of me and my friends biking around the neighborhood, looking at the sunset. We always bike around the time when it’s sunset because we want to see the sight of the sun go down.

This is a picture of my desktop screen and my keyboard. League of Legends is the game that i always play before i go to sleep and it gets me so frustrated.

THINKING RHETORICALLY  

Hello, my name is Nicholas Tam. I am still seventeen years old unfortunately due to the fact that i have a late birthday. It is on November seventeen, coming soon but still quite not eighteen yet. I was the only sibling until my sister was born couple years ago.  I am currently a student at New York City College of Technology, first year. I’m suppose to major in computer systems but I want to transfer school, I didn’t want to take a class that other schools might not have. Thankfully i only have school 2 days of the week but my days are long. I don’t know if i can handle the stress when midterm and final time come because it’s going to be test after test. I will be arguing that what i am thinking right now is not focused on my future success.

The day that i wrote my thinking was one of the days where i didn’t have school so i woke up really late in the afternoon because i stay up late night to watch movies. I usually eat when it is afternoon so i needed something to eat but I didn’t feel like making something hard to make. So i just went with my favorite canned soup. While drinking my warm soup, it was time for my daily drama. While i was half way through my drama, my friends texted me and asked me if I wanted to go out and play basketball. The weather was nice so I said yes. A lot of my friends came so we got a full court game going on, everyone was hot and sweaty. It was a very intense game but in the end my team lost. It was a really good game though. I live really close to that park so I bike home in a second and took a shower. I was really in the mood for some Popeye’s because its been a while since i had fried chicken. I went to grab some Popeye’s with my friends. I use to know a friend that works in Popeye’s so he gave us chicken for free but ever sine he quit we haven’t went. This is the first time in a while that i paid for Popeye’s chicken, boy it is expensive. After that I biked home and play my computer game. It’s a game you play with five people, the game requires a lot of experience and skill. Most of the time when you are not doing that others expect you do, they look down on you and yell at you. That’s why this game gets me really mad sometimes. It’s getting late, I think I should go sleep but I just found some old funny videos of people doing stupid things. i was watching those for a while because I think it’s hilarious when people do stupid things. After a while my eyes got tired and i just laid on my bed and fell asleep.

Many times have my parents asked me what i want to do in the future and i told them i just don’t know yet. i haven’t decided on something i really like to do for a career. They told me i should do something that can make enough money so i can take care of myself. Since i was born my parents really had their own business and they really got me everything i wanted and needed. I really didn’t think that the time would come when I would have to start being independent. I’m more of a kind of person that just really let things flow. If my parents really don’t force me, I just choose to do what is fun for myself and i go do it. Like in (Paragraph 9) “Should i eat dinner at home or with my friends?” they don’t force me to go home to eat dinner and I felt like eating Popeye so I went and ate Popeye with my friends.

I thought about working for a gaming company because i actually did get a job offer from one of my favorite games: Hearthstone. Their company is Blizzard Entertainment, and they offered me a job to do server maintenance. I couldn’t take the job because it requires you to be on the server for quite a bit of hours due to the fact that the game has only been released for a mere year. Computer is one of my better subjects but a lot of my friends are better than me at what i do.

I have to admit that i have been slacking and really sitting back and letting things happen. So i haven’t been thinking about my future too much. Most of the things i do is hang out with my friends, go out to different places to eat, go biking, and stay home to play computer games. Sometimes i pick up jobs from my friends that are bike messenger and do one or two jobs for them because they pay me back and treat me to drinks so i don’t mind. Biking is one of my bigger hobbies. If there was something i ever thought about doing in the future it would be being a bike messenger because I’m already half of one. I’m pretty sure my parents wouldn’t like it if i become a bike messenger because it is really dangerous biking in the streets of NYC. Those taxi drivers really hate bikers, they would never yield to them. After college if i really can’t find anything i like to do, i plan on opening my own bike shop. That is the only thing i have been seriously thinking about towards my future. In the end, who knows what events will unfold in the future. The future is a mystery to us all, that’s why I want to sit back and watch these moments happen.

WORKS CITED

aznfatty17 (Nicholas Tam) ” Re: Project 1: thinking in writing” Openlab. ENG1101 D377 English composition 1, FA2014 1:02 19, Sept. 2014 Web 14 Oct. 2014

Tam, Nicholas “My soup of the day” Flickr. 14, Oct. 2014 14 Oct, 2014

Tam Nicholas “Biking with my boys” Flickr 9 Oct. 2014 14 Oct, 2014

Tam Nicholas “This computer game that gets me pissed off” Flickr 14, Oct. 2014 14 Oct. 2014