Introduction

                                          The project “Writing The Brain” attribute me the opportunity to pay a close attention concerning my thoughts. Thinking was to me a sort of natural process that normally occur in my head, although it is a familiar activity, I have never considered to spend my time in order to examine those thoughts. This project helped me realize what my thoughts are really about and to keep analyse them in the future.

Thinking in Writing

My day of thought

September 20/2014

8:30 AM “Why do I have to get up so early every morning???”

8:40 AM “I should stay in my bed a bit more.. I still have time to get prepare for the bio class, it’s at 10:00 so..”

9:05 AM “I don’t want to be late, let’s do it.. it’s time to move.”

9:15 AM “I should get a doughnut, I want a doughnut, well.. maybe two.. I love the coconut flavor, I should definitely get one”

9:18 AM “will I be in the train on time?”

9:25 AM “The G train is trouble, why is it taking so long???”

9:35 AM “Keep waiting, keep waiting… AH, those elevators!”

10:00 AM “My bio teacher has a funny voice, I like her”

10:25 AM “I will need a lot of those bio stuffs to get into a medical school”

10:35 AM “I really hope that I will get the job that I will be interviewed for, need luck..”

10:50 AM “I like to do nails, mom would have been glad to see my nail technician diploma”

11:25 AM “I should practice more on the French manicure, practice make perfect”

11:45 AM “I so want to be perfectly good at it”

12:15 PM “I can’t wait for December… Miss home (Haiti)”

12:30 PM “It’s getting cold, it’s will be snowing pretty soon, real nightmare..”

12:55 PM “Life is so short, there is so many things that I want to accomplish, so many dreams that I want to make real”

1:50 PM “I need to be stronger and more independent”

2:30 PM “I like the place where I work,pretty cool”

3:50 PM “I used to dance real often, I miss that”

4:30 PM “I love to dance “COMPA”, Gosh..”

6:50 PM “Should study biology real often, it’s tough”

8:50 PM “I am exhausted, it’s time for “Scandal” 

Thinking Visually

This is a picture of a fabulous project that I effectuated in my Biology Lab.

“Science project”

 

This is the picture of my favorite doughnut.

“Delicieux”

 

 

This is the place where I work.

“Polish”

 

This is one of my nail demonstration.

“Cheetah”

 

This is another one of my nail presentation.

“3D nail art flower”

 

This is the picture of my first Gel manicure.

“Gel Demo”

 

 

Thinking Rhetorically and Reflectively 

 

 

                                         My name is Jules Julenane, I am a student at the New York City College of Technology. My major is concerning medical, I am pretty sure that I want to be in the field of medicine but I am sort of hesitating between pediatric and maxillofacial oral surgery. The main purpose of the project “Writing the brain” is to reflect cautiously on the diverse reflections that occurred during a particular day, to write those thinking down and to take picture of scenes related to that specific day of thought is a part of the assignment, which is called “Thinking Visually”, the last part of the task require to write an essay based on the thoughts that have been noted, this part is referred as “Thinking Rhetorically”. This Project enabled me to pay a remarkable and a special attention to the ideas that habitually go through my mind, I argue that my thoughts are mostly focused on the things that will allow my future success.

 

 

I usually do my utmost to put on mind on the things that matter the most to me, such as how good I want to be in each classes that I am taking, how I have to manage my time in order to handle my job and at the same time, get the highest grades so that I will be able to enter into a medical school, plus how I will proceed to achieve my goals, realize my dreams and not to mention the fact that I have to entertain myself sometimes, so that I can   keep myself from going  crazy. It is like I have to, I do not get to mess up, and it is a must, a duty to stay focus, to be as much responsible as well as independent that I can be. My mind is mostly occupied by the sort of thoughts that can lead me somewhere concrete and helpful. I attempt to keep myself concentrate, even though it is quite hard sometimes, there is always a whole bunch of ideas that jump up in my brain and it is often about some crazy, lazy or funny facts that have nothing to do with my daily occupations, matters that cannot in any way be useful to me, such as to get a new pair of boots, “ I should get a doughnut, I want a doughnut, well.. maybe two.. I love the coconut flavor, I should definitely get one”, specifically     “ The G train is trouble, why is it taking so long??? ” or “My biology teacher has a funny voice.” Therefore, I ordinarily try to filtrate all of those thoughts so that I can get something beneficial out of all those mass ideas. One of the principal subject that invade my thoughts is to be good at my job, which is nail technology and which focus on creating beautiful fingernails and toenails for clients, performing procedures to take care of cuticles and applying nail polish as well as gel polish, applying and removing artificial nail extensions, all depending on what satisfy the clients. My thoughts are fairly focused on my work due to the fact that, even though it does not have much to do with the profession that I chose, it is still a part of the things that will facilitate my future success.

 

 

In order to support my statements, I will based my arguments on some of my specific thoughts that I have been taking notes of. Like I mentioned, trivial or lazy thinking happens to catch up my attention, which lead me sometimes to some aimless thoughts. For instance, “Why do I have to get up so early every morning?” or “I should stay in my bed a bit longer… I still have time to get prepare.” Those sort of thoughts habitually occur early in the morning, in those cases I usually take a deep breath and think about some conceptions that I deeply believe in, which are “The world is owned by those who have the courage to wake up really early in the morning.” Morning people anticipate problem and try to minimize them, they are proactive. Benjamin Franklyn once said, “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” Rising early is a quality of highly successful people. I also have faith in the notion “ Those who fight or strive for they want, are usually those whose thrive.” From those perceptions, I get the strength to get up early every morning, whether it frizzing or not, whether I am tired or not. I usually get rational to illustrate, “ I do not want to be late, let’s do it. It is time to move.” Or “I should study biology real often, it’s tough.” “I will need a lot of those bio stuffs to get into medical school.”

 

Besides the fact that it pleases me a lot, my job as a nail technician, in spite the fact that it does not have much to do with my major, I believe that it is one the things that will increase my sense of responsibility and will attribute me the wings of independence, it will also smooth the path toward the medical school. To be independent is one the thing that I usually think and dream about, “I need to be stronger and more independent.” My job also occupy a part daily thoughts, mostly in order to figure out a way to get better and better at it “I should practice more on the French manicure, practice make perfect” In my point of view, it is fun and constructive to do something in the meanwhile despite the fact that it can be a bit complicate to handle two things at a time. It is actually a challenge to be good in school as well as my job, if you asked me about which one count the most, I would not really have to think about it, I keep in mind which one of those is the most important to me, it is indubitably the grades that I get in school, it is what will allow me to reach my long-terms goals.

 

 

In conclusion, there is a sort of long way between the facts of being an adolescent and being an adult, it can take some time to get used to it. I mean, last year my life was lot more simple, all I had to do or think of was a way to get as much fun as possible, hang out with my friends, or spend a lot of time in front of the TV. Whereas now, my thoughts are directed towards the things that should enable my future success, such as school and work.Can my job affect my grades? It could have, if I did not take ownership of my actions or be aware of my obligations. I know what it entails, I am capable and I am totally ready to make all  the sacrifices necessary to handle both of them, as well as possible. I do my utmost to devotemy thinking time to the goals that I want to accomplish.

 

 Work cited

Jules[ Jules Julenane] “Re. Project1: Thinking in Writing.” openlab. ENG 1101 D377 English Composition 1, FA 2014, 20 Sept.2014. Web.14 oct.2014

Citation

Jules. Julenane. “Science project.” Flickr.13 Sept.2014. Web.14 Oct. 2014

Jules. Julenane. “Polish.” Flickr.13 Sept.2014. Web.14 Oct. 2014

Jules. Julenane. ” Cheetah.” Flickr.13 Sept.2014. Web.14 Oct. 2014

Jules. Julenane. “3D nail art flower.” Flickr.13 Sept.2014. Web.14 Oct. 2014

Jules. Julenane. ” Gel Demo.” Flickr.13 Sept.2014. Web.14 Oct. 2014

Jules. Julenane. “Delicieux.” Flickr.5 Oct.2014. Web.14 Oct. 2014

In-text Citation

During my day of thought, I wrote, “I should get a doughnut, I want a doughnut, well.. maybe two.. I love the coconut flavor, I should definitely get one” (JulesJ par.4).

During my day of thought, I noted, “The G train is trouble, why is it taking so long???” (JulesJ par.6).

For my day of thought, I wrote down,  “I should stay in my bed a bit more.. I still have time to get prepare for the bio class, it’s at 10:00 so..” (JulesJ par.2).

For my day of thought, I recorded,  “I don’t want to be late, let’s do it.. it’s time to move.”  (JulesJ par.3).

For my day of thought, I commented “I need to be stronger and more independent” (JulesJ par.17).

During my day of thought, I noted, “Should study biology real often, it’s tough” ” (JulesJ par.21).

 

Introduction :

In this project I have the opportunity to share my thoughts with you and how I feel about them,hopefully make a difference of your life. I wanted to start out saying “A dream doesn’t become reality through magic it takes sweat, determination, and hard-work”. I believe people who work very hard in their life that they can achieve big things as long you believe yourself.If you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe than you will be successful, you need to find the right determination and overcome your obstacles to able succeed in life. I have these thoughts in my head about myself, my family, and the world itself. The most part of my life is that I viewed the world differently and the people in the world need to realize they have fear in their hearts and afraid to do anything with their life. I realized that fear stops people for not trying to achieve their dreams, they are afraid to able to become successful. All I know is that I want to live my life to the fullest and not be afraid of everything that stands in my way.

Thinking in Writing :

Wake up from sleeping
Workout in my room
Make Breakfast
go for a run outside and play ball
Do Home work and eat pizza
Play video games
Sketching in my notebook.
Learning how to use my autocad on my computer
Being with Dad in his car talk about basketball all day
Telling my mom I love her everyday with all my heart
My older sisters will always look after me and also pick on me
I sit in my room and think about will I be successful in my life
End of the day I always wonder what future stores for me
As long I keep on living and breathing
I be fine , and all I want is to become engineer

Thinking Visually :

This is my drawing of a rose but it’s very unique and beautiful

“A True Beauty of a Rose”

https://www.flickr.com/photos/128227235@N04/15228488449

 

This is a outline of a design from a textbook in my engineering drawing class and it’s called “Guide Gasket Outline”.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/128227235@N04/15412062341

 

This is the same design “Guide Gasket” but I did it on the computer with a software program called AutoCAD.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/128227235@N04/15392194856

 

Thinking Rhetorically and Reflectively :

My name is Hans Anthony Gerlain, I am eighteen years old college student in New York City of Technology or commonly known as City Tech. I want to study of mechanical and industrial engineering I want to learn both because I want to design and build one of my products in the future. My dream goal is to be product designer, to designed products for a living to make something new everyday. I have these thoughts in my head that I want to make something new and to be different so everybody can notice of my design. I want to create a design and to able to use technology for a good purpose in the world, some people say the technology it’s bad for the environment and can cause bad health conditions for the people, animals, and mostly the environment. . I will find a way to not harm the environment, there are possibilities I have to be determined and confident in my ability to find a safe way to not harm environmental and protect the people from machinery. I want to also technology to help people who have problems in their daily life and to use it in safe way without causing harm to them. In the past I was dealing with computers, cars, and robotics-fixing, drawing new ideas of a design, and taking care of modern technology but I want to do something extraordinary or unique with technology. Researching about the world and its problems that society has been dealing with. I want to get my future job as an engineer and to own a business company in my life finding myself helping people with their own problems with technology.

I have a regular life and I may have problems at first but I can overcome them with faith by my side also most of all family .I am family person, I truly love my family with all my heart and do anything to support them because they motivated me to be in college and have a career which is to be an engineer. Without family there’s no one will love and support you or even cared about your dreams that you want to achieve in life. Be grateful that you have family that will always be there for you no matter what. Always honor them with your heart and be loyal to your family. They will guide you and give you courage to keep on going with your life and motivate to overcome your obstacles that stand in your way. Live your life to the fullest and be who you are and what you want to be because everybody is looking for a leader and people will look up to you as an inspiration, you can be their leader. Inspire people and motivated them to be better than they were before. Give people an opportunity and provided them with hope and dreams. It’s time for you to stop looking at the process it takes to get what you want in life , and start looking at the results when you overcome the obstacles that you struggle with. You may fall felt like giving up sometimes the best thing you can do is not to give up. If you do fall always have the strength to get yourself back up and keep on going, start over and try again.

I have a passion for sketching and coloring I want my artwork to be unique and beautiful to share my art to the world and see my future gallery. One of my thoughts I usually sketch in my notebook to plan out my ideas and my creativity that helps me to design for the future. There’s a photo I took it’s my artwork of a rose but it’s not a regular rose that you see outside in a garden. It’s very unique and it came out perfect to my eyes. It took me 3 day just to finish it and became what I vision it. I learned that an artist, designer, or even painter it takes time to finish your project and you have to be patient with your artwork. Put your heart and soul to your design even if you feel like it’s not good enough and failed miserably but you have to keep on trying and never give up. If you passion about something don’t let anyone or the world stops you from doing things that you love to do. Stay positive, good things will happen to you if you love what you do; you never have to work a day in your life.

In this 2nd photo is I was in my engineering drawing class it’s a design from a textbook. I was analyzing and studying the design it was difficult at first but I overcome my problem and able to do it on the computer which leads to the 3rd photo of the design. This program we have to use in class on the computer it’s called AutoCAD. AutoCAD is a software program for engineers that they use to design and modify objects such as a wheel, screw, and any objects. A software program for 2D or 3D computer-aided design to create objects in the computer. I want to use AutoCAD to help to design and create my products and the making of cars and I’m learning currently how to use in class. I want use AutoCAD for my future projects and to design more of my artwork it could be a regular object or a master piece. I know want to use for a big design and build a product that can be useful for people. In the world people want to see something more from technology and to see something new, unique, and to be different. To use this program in order to help me to achieve that goal and in the future I will continue on using AutoCAD.

In the future I want to be an engineer and in order to achieve that is to have faith with myself. No matter how hard things get or how badly you want to give up, you keep on going. Sometimes you just want to let go when it seems like what you’re going for is just out of reach, and sometimes you tell yourself if you what you’re trying to get is worth the great amount of effort that you put in it. When things get hard, you start thinking that it’s not worth it but let me tell you this, the more pain and suffering you put into something, the better it’ll feel when you get it. I will use this dream to help others in need because of my ideas for the world and technology we use today. I love technology are very interesting to me and amazing so many ways, I want to create and build products for people to able to help them if they have problems with technology  in their daily life. I will work so hard to own a business company of creating products and thinking ideas for the people and world. To able to use technology for a good purpose and help the world, make a difference of living with technology. I believe dreams don’t come true just because you wish for them; you have to fight to make them real. I will able to achieve my dream because I have potential to change the world for the better.I able to find the real person inside of me and become self sufficient and do things what I love to do and becoming engineer is important to me. I don’t worry about what society say about me I have goal and a vision to see myself to live happily and not worry about my problems that involved in my life. I always will put effort in my work and achieve my goals, temptations always try to get the best of me but I’m not going to let that stop me from reaching my goals that I want to achieve. I do everything in my power to get myself in the right path and becoming a successful person.

 Work Cited

Hans,Gerlain Re;Project 1 Thinking and Writing.” OpenLab Eng 1101 D377 English Composition 1, FA2014 22 September2014. Web. 14 Oct 2014

Hans,Gerlain. A True Beauty of a Rose”. Flickr. 14 October 2014. Web. 14 October 2014.

Hans,Gerlain.”Guide Gasket”. Flickr. 14 October 2014. Web. 14 October 2014.

Hans,Gerlain.”Guide Gasket Outline”. Flickr. 14 October 2014. Web. 14 October 2014.

 

 

INTRODUCTION: Welcome to the project known as “Writing My Brain”. In this project we had to choose a date to write down our thoughts, take pictures that reflect our written thoughts and have ourselves reflect back on the “day of thoughts”. This project was a great way to recreate yourself and learn how to manipulate or own brain, almost like hacking our brains. Throughout the project I learned a lot about myself. Without further interruption, I’d like to present to you my version of the project. I hope you like it.

THINKING IN WRITING:

Day of Thoughts:
Date Friday the 19th of September
*Morning/Breakfast*
Why can I go to sleep at 3 am and wake up at 6 am without feeling tired or sleepy?
Why is milk white and not any other colour??
MMMMM PANCAKES SOUND SO GOOD RIGHT NOW!

*Outside/Before Noon*
UGH it’s so cold out.
I wonder how other people perceive me.
I wonder how I would perceive myself if I saw myself from another POV.
How would we react if our sense of normal was completely different then what it is now???
What exactly is normal??

*While listening to music*
Why does my sister think listening to MGK is bad?
I wonder if listening to “Lil’ Wayne’s” music actually makes you get a lower score on the SATs

*Some time during lunch/Afternoon*
I hate seafood and beef, why does mom keep cooking it after I told her I DESPISE IT?!?!
I’m turning 18, why do I feel like I’m 14?
MY BIRTHDAY IS COMING UP! -GULPS RATHER LOUDLY-
I should really learn how to cook, and drive

*While surfing on the web* (approximately 3 hours straight)
I wonder what his secret tumblr url is
I want tickets to Reality Dance Tour
Am I the only one who is too lazy to move and get the remote control when it’s literally 8 inches away?
Okay mom I get it, clean this, clean that, take the trash out, stop listening to music so loudly blah blah blahh
Why do people find the “what’s 9 plus 10″ vine so funny? I don’t get it”
All this internet surfing makes me tired

*watching TV*
Why are all South Asian soap operas the same?!
Wow I never noticed how beautiful Deepika Paudokone (might have spelt her last name wrong, she is a South Asian Model/Actress)
What if they actually find ways for humans to survive on the moon, would earths population decrease??
My head hurts
UGHHHHH STOP FIGHTING! Who cares which pizzeria you go to, it’s all the same GEEZ

*Before bed on my phone*
Oh -insert curse word here- I forgot to do my old HW!!!
What’s 9 plus 10? 21 ahahahhaahah Not funny
OMGHSGXBSHSHDHSJSJ HE RETWEETED ME
Screenshotting and sending to all contact list
WOAH it’s 3:32 am already?! I should go to sleep
4:21 am OKAY I SHOULD REALLY GO TO BED
4:37 am UGHHHH WHY IS IT SO HOT?
4:39 am I can’t believe I’m texting myself my thoughts
5:22 am sjfdshjfgdhsfefhujfhdsjsd

THINKING VISUALLY: 

Cluster of Words – This picture contains a pile of homework that I have to do. This image shows that my mind really a literal cluster of words and mathematical equations. It also shows that I am a current student who is using education as a drive into the occupational world.

An Open Door to the Past – This is a picture of many of my old baby pictures, my first baby sweater and my cap from my high school graduation. It is supposed to portray that although I’ve taken a leap into the future, I still carry beautiful memories with me to enrich my experiences and life events.

Intersection of an Open Mind – This picture is of one of the stairways that lead to the main train station of Jackson Heights/Roosevelt Avenue. This picture shows that our minds are like train stations, we retrieve and send out information just like trains enter and leave the station. The information we retrieve in our brains are like the passengers who ride the train from one location to another.

THINKING RHETORICALLY AND REFLECTIVELY: 

My name is Afsana Asha. I am your average 18 year old living in New York City. Everyday is a new venture for me. I learn new things each day and try to use each of the lessons learned in my everyday life experiences. Just like every 18 year old, my mind is filled with many unanswered questions that I still deem to answer. It is said that our thoughts are a small frame to our brains. Our thoughts reflect our personality, mood, and adaptation to our surroundings and that is the main core to this project, to understand and be one with our inner selves.

In speech class we had to do an experiment where we relied completely on our auditory senses and block out all other senses. We had to choose a rowdy location, close our eyes, sit there and write down everything our ears had crossed paths with. This project was to help us understand how we are as listeners and to help us differentiate the meanings between hearing and listening. While testing out how my auditory senses worked, I found out that my thoughts tend to be scattered and dark. It’s as if I have a gray cloud hovering over my head. To further test my hypothesis, I decided to do a day of thoughts and write down everything I was thinking throughout the day. And luckily for me, that is exactly what my English project required.

Before we begin tearing apart my thoughts, let’s start with some scientific information about the brain to help us understand why we think the way we do. The human brain weighs approximately 3 pounds. It has 100 billion nerve cells that are connected to many different cells. Our brain encodes things as memories, which is physically stored in the wiring and chemical make up of the brain. As we evolve as humans, so do our brains. It changes overtime based upon languages, cultures, geography, experiences and our thoughts. So the decisions we made at age 12 will seem quite odd by the time we reach our 20’s or 30’s and this will go on as we grow older.

Now that we have learned a few things about the human brain, we can move on and dig deeper into our thoughts, which begins with “The Day of Thoughts”. My day of thoughts began pretty basic since I was focusing on the present rather than the future, which was eating breakfast, but it gradually moved on with whatever was happening. During my day of thoughts, I wrote, “Why can I go to sleep at 3 am and wake up at 6 am without feeling tired or sleepy?” (AAsha928 par. 5), this shows that my thoughts were directed at my present and not my future or past. I also thought about breakfast and why milk is white, I still have no clue by the way, which was pretty accurate and an “at the moment” kind of thought since I just woke up and was feeling hungry.

As the day progressed so did my thoughts. For example when I went outside, I began to have deep trails of thoughts. I pondered upon the thought of how I am perceived. Being a bully victim of many years, the way I view myself personally has been worn down but I wanted to view myself from another point of view. “I wonder how I would perceive myself if I saw myself from another POV” (AAsha928 par. 10) is a clear projection of what I was exactly thinking. Viewing my written thoughts I would definitely say that my thoughts are tailored towards the present rather than the past or the future.

To better reflect my thoughts, I decided to use pictures. These pictures were used to captivate a fraction of what I was thinking, after all a picture does say a thousand words. The first picture I took was to show my past, in this everything that was a part of my childhood up until I was a college student, (Asha, “An”) since I was consistently thinking about the fact I was turning 18 in a couple of days prior to the day of thoughts. Although the photo captured a fragment of my past, it also showed that I was thinking about my future and that no matter how far into the future I am, I will always carry my most cherished memories with me.

Another picture I took that I believe justifies my trail of thoughts is “A Cluster of Words” (Asha, “Cluster”). The picture shows that as an 18 year old college student I have loads of student work. It also shows that I have to use what I have learned previously and put it into my own perspective, paraphrase, via mathematical problem solving skills, essay writing and studying. This is a perfect example of using my past experiences to help clarify my “present” and a bit of my “future”. Although the things I learn now and have learned in the past seem to be a blur at the moment, I believe that as I grow older, each lesson learned will be cherished greatly.

After rereading my thoughts and going through the several pictures I’ve taken that reflect my thoughts I can say that my thoughts aren’t as gray as I thought they would be. Majority of my thoughts are based upon the present or things that relate to the present. Which makes a lot of sense because I’ve also reread a lot of my old journal entries and realized that everything I’ve written was based upon my emotions at the time. Although as a teenager my mood changes very often, I always try to think positively. I always keep my mind straight and try to avert my anger or sadness. I believe this shows that as humans we have the ability to manage our own thoughts. We can shift our moods and mind set using tricks such as listening to music, doing something we like such as a hobby, or use our passion as a strength. I hope that knowing these things will help me better prepare for my future endeavors and career.

As I am coming to an end with this project, I can definitely say that my hypothesis about my thoughts being scattered was proven incorrectly. Although at times I did have thoughts that had nothing to do with what was happening at the moment, majority of my thoughts were focused on the present. I hope this newly learned information can help me sculpt a better and clearer future. I also believe that since my thoughts are shaped around the present, being someone in the marketing/business, film, or fashion industry would be a pretty reasonable career for me. Which is great for me since I plan on acquiring an accounting degree and hope to pursue a career in the film industry in the future. I would like to conclude this essay stating that although my thoughts are focused primarily on the present, I still keep my main goal in life close to my heart and use it as a tool to be happy. I believe everyone has an opportunity to live their dreams, so your thoughts shouldn’t only be focused on the present but also geared towards the future.

 

 

WORKS CITED

 AAsha928 [Afsana Asha]. “Project 1: Thinking in Writing.” OpenLab. ENG101 D377 English Composition 1, Fall 2014, 23 September 2014.

Asha, Afsana, “An Open Door to the Past.” Flickr. 26 September 2014. Web. 12 October 2014.

Asha, Afsana. “Cluster of Words.” Flickr. 20 September 2014. Web. 14 October 2014.

Asha, Afsana, “Intersection Of An Open Mind.” Flickr. 24 September 2014. Web. 14 October 2014.

 

INTRODUCTION

Hello my name is Kelvin Galvez , I am here to explain to you how my brain thinks. I did this to explain to the many people what is my current thinking like and in what direction is it leading me. In this essay you will read how my current thinking is and how i want it to be.

THINKING AND WRITING 

Well I finally got up its 1 pm I’m tired hungry and more hungry , i wonder what I’m going to eat , probably some mangu con salami , or maybe some Chinese eh I just want food.
1:30 Finally got my mangu 🙂 , now to plan what I’m going to do for the rest of the day. I think I’m going to head to my cousin and relax a little.
2:00 I should start working on creating my clothing line , I’ve been working on it for a while now I should come out with it soon.
2:30 Once I’m finished with my fashion marketing major I’m sure to have the knowledge of what I need to no to come out with a good clothing line.
3:15 Ugh I’m hungry againnn need fooodd.
3:45I finally finished all my homework for the week so now I won’t have to worry about anything for the vacation coming up ,
4:00speaking of that I have to plan places to visit and sights to see.
4:30Happy about this Jewish holiday even though I’m not Jewish and all no school sounds like a break INeed ,
5:00speaking about school I can’t wait to transfer to FIT, I’m working really hard to make sure my grades are good enough to transfer.
5:30 can’t wait to become a professional already make myself alot of money buy cars , houses , clothes. That’s awesomeness
6:00 but for now I will start working on the short term goals like actually design some clothes and get to start up the company
6:30 I’m boreddd I need to go back to the gym and work out
7:00 giving my self a year to do a full transformation in the gym
7:30 This Sons of anarchy show is just awesome… can’t put it in any better words
8:00 still watching my show
8:30 okay time for food again , gonna order some Chinese 🙂
9:00 I just Notice I talk alot about food people are gonna read this n think I’m some fat monster
9:30 okay that food gave me the sleepys , I love when that happens
10:00 school tomorrow ughhh okay I’m going to sleep , early bird catches the worm

THINKING VISUALLY 

University of Rochester

https://www.flickr.com/photos/128392472@N07/15264880069/

Food

THINKING RHETORICALLY AND REFLECTIVELY

My Current Thinking
By: Kelvin Galvez

Hello, My name is Kelvin Galvez and I am here to explain to you my current thinking. In this Argumentative essay you will be able to understand my current thinking and the different point of views on it. In this essay I will show you how my current thinking is preparing me for the future. By “future” I mean 5 minutes from now, 5 days from now, even 5 years from now, You will see that every thought I have has an action and every action I do is to ultimately benefit me In the future. Why I am doing this you ask? Well the only answer is to show people that even the most random things I do is to help me later on such as doing homework at the last minute or eating healthy food for example. I also am doing this to show the readers were my current thinking is leading me in life.With that being said lets take a look on how my current thinking really prepares me for the future

First evidence I found about how my current thinking prepares me for the future is shown on my day of thoughts. I found that it could be about the smallest things but i am constantly thinking about what to do next as shown in my day of thoughts “i wonder what I’m going to eat , probably some mangu con salami , or maybe some Chinese eh I just want food.”(kelvin169par.2) You could see this thought in one of my photos titled “food”(kelvin,”food”).You also see here that i am thinking about what to eat, although that day I ate thirty minuets after it still shows how i am thinking about the future and preparing my self for when i really get hungry and actually thinking about what kinds of food should i eat. Another evidence that i saw in my day of thoughts that showed my current thinking prepares me for the future was “speaking about school I can’t wait to transfer to FIT, I’m working really hard to make sure my grades are good enough to transfer.” (kelvin169par.2) you also see here that my current thinking is preparing me for the future saying I need to get good grades to transfer , this thought is looking a little bit further into my future than the first thought but ultimately still doing the same thing as the first.

Although I believe my current thinking is preparing me for the future, There are still people that could argue with me and tell me i am wrong. One reason this being is because Ive shown evidence from one day of thoughts. One day of thoughts doesn’t show your current thinking overall. People can also quote from my day of thought and show that not all my thoughts are looking to prepare me for the future such as “Happy about this Jewish holiday even though I’m not Jewish and all no school sounds like a break I Needed.”(kelvin169par.3) but then again I am here to prove them wrong, although it is true this is just one day of thoughts this day of thoughts is consistently reminding me of goals or what is needed to do for the week. Till those goals or things i need to do isn’t done i am constantly going to be thinking about them and making sure i do whatever is needed for me to do to complete them showing that my overall current thinking is about preparing me for the future. Also even thought that quote for from my day of thoughts doesn’t really show me thinking about the future, it is because that thought of me thinking about the holiday that i was able to plan a mini vacation on that day as shown in my Day of thoughts ,”I finally finished all my homework for the week so now I won’t have to worry about anything for the vacation coming up.” (kelvin169par.2) You could also see more evidence of this thought in my photos titled “Rochester University”(kelvin,”Rochester University”)

More evidence showing that I am preparing my self for the future is also including in my day of thoughts saying “I should start working on creating my clothing line , I’ve been working on it for a while now I should come out with it soon.” (kelvin169par.3) Another example like this one would be “can’t wait to become a professional already make myself alot of money buy cars , houses , clothes. That’s awesomeness” (kelvin169par.3) This two thoughts are very similar and very different but ultimately comes down to the same outcome. The first thought talks about creating my clothing line , something that could be a short term goal in the near future or could really be long term. The second thought consist me thinking a lot further , talking about buying car , clothing and houses. But these two thoughts are still thinking about the future and preparing my self for that moment , when i do make my clothing line or when i do become a professional.

Still people can argue with this essay and say my current thinking isn’t preparing me for the future. They can argue that my current thinking is all over the place as shown in my day of thoughts , that I talk about my clothing line then i go on talking about the vacation coming up and so on and so forth. Also from my pictures I have a picture titled “food”(Kelvin,”food”) showing food and a picture title “Rochester University (kelvin,Rochester University”), that is pretty much all over the place. But although this may be true, there are still technicalities that play a part of that. In the day of thoughts I recording my thinking ever 30 minuets or so. So i didn’t just continued on from my last thought thirty minuets ago I wrote down what i was thinking that moment. Even thought my thinking was all over the place mostly every thought was preparing me for the future. It may not be in an orderly fashion how it could be but it is definitely preparing me for the future.

In conclusion I can argue that my current thinking is preparing me for the future with evidence from my “day of thoughts” and pictures representing those thoughts. But that doesn’t mean this is the way i want to think. Although i pay a lot of attention to the future and whats coming up which many people want to do, i find myself wanting to think differently. I want some how convert my current thinking from think about the future in general to thinking specifically about what needs to be done now. For example in order to go to FIT you need to make sure you have a 3.5 GPA, I want to be able to just focus on getting the 3.5 GPA and not think about what i am going to do in FIT when i get there. My plan to change my thinking is by focusing on my short term goals intensely. So if my real goal is to get into FIT i will only focus on getting the 3.5 GPA or if my goal is to create a clothing line I will only focus on making designs and different small things that will later create the clothing line. With doing so i should be able to slowly change my current thinking. And still ultimately prepare my self for the future.

Work Cited

Kelvin169 [kelvin galvez]. “Re:Project 1; Thinking in Writing Open Lab. ENG1101 D377 English Composition , FA2014, Sept 24.2014. Web 14 oct.2014

Galvez, Kelvin “Food” Flickr. Sept 24. 2014. Web14 oct.2014

Galvez Kelvin “Rochester University” Flickr. Sept 30.204. Web 14 oct. 2014

 

INTRODUCTION:

In Eng1101 we had to write about our brain and put it in to a project. To explain how our own brain functions threw out and entire day and to tell the readers about why you think certain things. Also to give the reader a chance to look at something they may never have done before.

THINKING IN WRITING:

This is the second part of the project were we had to pick a day to write about what we were thinking every thirty minutes at least and put it down on paper and then write a post about it for homework. my thought were about my financial aid problem, playing basketball, sleeping and finding work.

THINKING VISUALLY:

My first picture is called  “May I have less money please”

My second picture is called “I need sleep”

My third picture is called “Basketball is my favorite sport”

And my last picture is called “I need a job asap”

THINKING RHETORICALLY AND REFLECTIVELY:

My name is Dymond R. Torres I am eight teen years old and have three older siblings, my brother actually goes to city tech as well. I just started going to city tech just about two months ago. I’m also majoring in liberal arts which is a major for students that don’t have much of an idea about what they want to be in the near future. Sometimes I get frustrated at all the work that needs to be done when thinking about what to be when im older. My sister always told me college wouldn’t be easy but i didn’t listen, of course because I felt like since you choose what you want to take it will be better for you. Well that is the opposite, school is hard which is why I try to make it my main focus out of everything else that I do on a daily bases. Like playing basketball, changing my financial aid, trying to get more sleep, playing the ps4 and working. I also tend to over think a lot of unnecessary things because I fear I will be wrong. This act use to lower my participation grade since I was in middle school. i always had a hard time raising my hand and answering questions just because I over think what others might think about my answer or even the teacher. I sill barely participate in my classes now since there all new faces I’ve never seen before. So the habit should stop which is probably what you, whom ever reads this essay will think. When I over think or think way too much for my brain I start to think zone out a lot and that is not good. I already day dream enough so thinking will just cause the problem to become worse as time goes on. I argue if over thinking about what people think or what you think about yourself will cause problems in your future.
When we had to pick a day to write our thoughts for this project I kept thinking that I think about a lot of things but are they different, no they are not. The thoughts are always similar each day, I thought it was kind of weird at first but then it seems like some people could think about their life so many times in different ways. I had a lot of thought and only wrote down the ones that popped up the most in my head or that were important to me. The most four important ones that I had taken a pictures of was my bed, the basketball court, the financial aid office, and finding a job. These four things are something I always think about because they connect to one another. I have trouble finding a job to help pay for financial aid and with everything going on in school I pretty much don’t have time to myself and when I do I love to be alone and whether it is in the park or in my room. I also try to relax as much as possible so I’m not as grumpy when my family comes home from working. This argues that I think about others and there feelings but sometimes I wonder if they do the same. When they ask how my day went or how was school i get a little bit mad because I usually don’t like to talk about my day because it is always the same each and everyday. So should I stop thinking and just go with the flow or should I continue  to think about others opinion.
Playing basketball is very hard for a female because I for one only play with boys, no female plays the sports outside of school were I live so it is kind of frustrating because I don’t really have someone in common with me. When I think about what the guys think about how I play they say im good for a girl, but honestly thinking how would they know. No one had ever seen me play with other females before, but I take the compliment anyways because it makes me feel like I can actually play with certain guys who don’t judge me because I am a female. Although I think that I’m not that good because of other people’s comments toward me like “she is a girl i will not hold her” “lets go easy on her because she is a girl.” It lowers my confident level a lot and give up on myself or feel upset. Most people do not and will never understand how they make others feel with their negative comments. So as time went on I learned that the only way to shut someone up is to show them that females nd males can do the same thing. And of course there will always be that judgement everywhere you go and I have learned that but it is up to that person to believe in themselves boost their own confident. I learn by watching my brother play and my cousins because they have the most confident I know and it seems like it is good to not think so much about what others think of you.
Financial aid situation is really taking up my time. Every time I went to the office something new kept coming up and because I am a freshmen I don’t really know how the system works. On day i went to the office and all i asked was a simple question, this person was being really rude and kept giving me attitude like he did not want to help me. I was quite and didn’t talk back because then I felt like I would be judge for talking to a grown up with disrespect. Later on that day I told my parent and they explained to me that when people are rude you have to be rude back to show them that it is not okay to talk to someone like that. For me it is really hard because I’m not the type to snap and someone so quickly because of the judgement I will receive from them or even the help that they will provide for me. So i learned that you have to treat people how they treat you no matter what the situation is because then they will think that it is okay to do it to others all the time.
Job searching is so difficult nowadays. Why do we have to be a certain age to work, how come nobody needs help in any store, why when you go to get an application they stare at you. I wonder all the time is it because they need good,smart, hard working people to hire. Of course trying to find a job is not easy none said it was unless you have connection, but I don’t so I struggle to find one that will make me feel comfortable and will work between my school time. I would love to work in a place were everyone is nice to you people don’t judge but that will never happen there is always someone who seems to think they are better than you. I start to over think about these things and end up not even finding work. So now I am stuck so h’m starting to learn that over thinking can lead to not getting the things you want in life because you listen to the people who don’t want you to succeed at anything. This will help me in the future and to start being focused on what I have to do because in reality people are always going to judge.
  WORK CITED
Dymond (Dymond R. Torres). ” Re: Project 1: thinking in writing.” Open lab. ENG1101 D377 English composition 1. FA2014. 19 sept.2014. Thurs.9.Oct 2014.
Torres, Dymond. “Basketball is my favorite sport”
Flickr. Thur.9.Oct 2014
Fri.10.Oct 2014
Torres, Dymond. “May i have less money please.”
Flickr. Wed.8.Oct 2014.
Fri.10.Oct 2014.
Torres, Dymond. “I need sleep.”
Flickr. Tues.7.Oct 2014
Fri.10.Oct 2014
Torres, Dymond. “I need a job”
Flickr. Mon.6.Oct 2014
Fri.10.Oct 2014

 

Introduction

Hi my name is Daijia Benjamin. This is my first year in City tech. I am 17 years old and so far, City Tech feels just like high school to me. I believe that I’m the youngest student in all my classes. Everyone else looks way older than me but I’m not really bothered by the fact that I’m the youngest. It’s actually cool. Since I’ve been in English D377 I’ve notice that I needed a lot of help on the way I think. I argue that my thoughts aren’t that important, and I think that I should be focusing on more important things like what’s happening in the world today. In this project, I had an opportunity to reflect on my thoughts and plan how to think more effectively in the future.

 Thinking and Writing

1- why is my friend telling me about someone I dont care about
2- why am I so hungry
3- I want pizza
4- These math problems are so easy
5- why don’t Zoe and Jason get back together and stop playing with each others feelings
6- I love my job
7- I feel like I dont belong here
8- ughhh I miss my dog
9- Im ready for my dog to have puppies
10- my father always complains about the littlest thing
11- im sooooo hungry
12- im soo slim but eat like a fat person
13- this book i know im going to finish it in a couple days it is sooo interesting
14- omg why do I have brothers
15- I love opening up the store in the mornings and getting everything set up
16- smoothies and juicing is life!
17- I love talking to this boy, he makes me soo happy
18- feel so bad for him because he just got fired from a good job
19- I feel like im way too nice to people, but yet others say that im mean. I dont see it
20- Im way to tired to finish this book
21- I wish i understood this book I have to read for english class ughhh im going to try. I feel like I have to read it 1,000 times just to understand it.

Thinking visually

My life, my dog Jake

Where I usually sit down and think

At work; VEGGIES , juicing is life

 

Thinking Rhetorically and Reflectively

Hi my name is Daijia Benjamin. This is my first year in City tech. I am 17 years old and so far, City Tech feels just like high school to me. I believe that I’m the youngest student in all my classes because everyone else looks way older than me, but I’m not really bothered by the fact that I’m the youngest. It’s actually cool. In the process of writing this essay, I had to pick a day to record all my thoughts every 30 minutes, next I had to take photos related to some of my thoughts and finally, I had to think rhetorically and reflectively on how my thoughts are and if it needs improving or not. Since I’ve been in English D377 I’ve notice that I needed a lot of help on the way I think. I argue that my thoughts aren’t that important, and I think that I should be focusing on more important things like what’s happening in the world today. In this project, I had an opportunity to reflect on my thoughts and plan how to think more effectively in the future.

 

Every day I sit in my room day dreaming, just sitting there focusing on a specific spot on the wall thinking about anything that comes to mind. Especially on my free time, I’m always thinking about random things like what’s for dinner later or when is my father coming home, but now I try to focus on more important things like my life and things I can do to better my future. One day, I thought about why I had brothers. But, I guess it’s a way for my father and stepmother to have that family title they always wanted. So I guess having brothers made it what it is now. I don’t really know, but I just think of the meanest things sometimes. Oh well.

 

I mean I do think of important things too. Especially on things that can better my future like me becoming a Dental Lab technician. In high school that’s what I majored in, and I found it to be very interesting especially the fact that I made things using my hands. It’s not only beneficial to me but for others, because I’m helping other people feel better about their appearance; their smile. But that’s like my future goal. I realize that I have to focus on what I have to do to reach that level on becoming a dental lab technician.

 

If I don’t start focusing on more positive and important things now, I’m going to have more irrelevant thoughts in my head. It’s like I have to organize my thinking. Maybe by doing that, I might just get a lot done during the day. I remember when my friend had called me telling me about some female, and I was just sitting there with a blank stare. My face expression told a lot. But instead of me being negative, I sat there listening to him express his feelings about this person, I gave him advice but god only knows how much I didn’t even care. I felt comfortable after because I felt like I helped him in a way. After that conversation, I sat on my bed thinking about why he even told me. For that whole night it bothered me. I could’ve been doing something more relevant than to be focusing on what he had told me.

 

Normally, it is kind of hard finding interesting books to read on my free time. I haven’t read a book in so long, but I found this urban book called Addicted, and let me tell you it is addicting. But, there’s this book that I’m reading for my English class Brain Rules, and it doesn’t grab my attention at all. I would have to constantly keep reading it over and over, just so I can get a bit more understanding of what I’m reading. I feel like maybe I’m trying not trying to understand it or maybe I really need to read more to boost up my vocabulary.

I often think about the boy that I really like. The other day he told me that he had got fired from his job, which really made me feel bad for him. I didn’t really know how to feel when he was telling me about it. He had a great job, paying a good enough amount of money especially for his age. I wish I had that job. The only thing I could’ve told him was that, sooner or later he’s going to find himself a decent job, especially now that he got his license. I usually give him good advice and try to cheer him up when he’s down or just thinking negatively about things.

Nowadays, I see myself thinking about the past, not on anything specific, but I would think on random things that happened the day before, or something that happened a long time ago. I don’t know how to stay focus on one thing for too long. My thoughts are always all over the place, and I don’t know how to control it. If I set my mind on one thing, I get bored after a while. I feel like if I’m thinking about anything, I might as well write it down because if it’s on my mind, it must be important.

No one knows how much of a pet lover I am. When I’m away from my dog especially on the weekends, I often think of him daily. I always think about him and count the days until the next time I get to see him. I normally see many dogs going out for walks on my block but, I sit here and think about why that couldn’t be my dog and I. I wish he wasn’t an inside dog, and more of a dog who likes to go for walks far from home, but he’s so use to staying in the house that every time someone walks him, he walks to the corner and turn back. As long as he’s with me, I’m happy.

Although my thoughts are all over the place, I noticed that my thoughts haven’t gotten better. I’m still too focused on irrelevant things, which might have an effect on the way I write. I always noticed that I focus on people rather than focusing on myself. I’m the kind of person that would do so much for others, before worrying about doing what’s important for me. In the future, I want my thoughts to be more on the present instead of the past, especially more important things like my career and my goals for the future.

 

Work cited

Daijia B [Daijia B Benjamin].”Re;Project 1 Thinking and Writing.” OpenLab Eng 1101 D377 English Composition 1, FA2014 22 September2014. Web. 14 Oct 2014

Benjamin, Daijia. ” My life, my dog Jake” Flickr. 14 Oct 2014. Web. Oct 14 2014

Benjamin Daijia. ” Where I usually sit down and think” Flickr. 14 Oct 2014. Web.Oct 14 2014

Benjamin Daijia. ” At work; VEGGIES , juicing is life” Flickr. 14 Oct 2014. Web . Oct 14 2014

Introduction

My name is Samantha Reyes and I am in the vision care program. And my thoughts are everywhere, I have such little interests but at the same time so many. For an entire day I spent about a minute every half an hour to writing down my thoughts. The thoughts that I had at these moments, which were all random.  This project gave me the opportunity to reflect on life itself as well. Later on I realized that they are thoughts that focused on subjects and or things that were maybe random, but important to me now and probably in the future as well. The different topics that will appear in my essay are the holocaust, baking, animals, traveling and my commute to school. I argue that my thoughts are focused on important things in my life in the present that will help me carry out who I decide to become in the future.

Thinking in Writing

8:30- I am thinking about what I am going to have for breakfast. maybe yogurt and fruit.

9:00-I need a new phone case , my phone is going to brake if I don’t get one soon.
9:30- I’ve always wanted to be a cake designer maybe not professionally but I would like to learn how to.
10:00- I need to go to the library and get some more books on the 1940’s.
10:30- I wonder if it’s cold in Vienna and Budapest now ? And how cold?
11:00-should I order that history book I’ve been dying for or should I just wait till next week.
11:30- should I become an event organizer instead ? I would get to go to a lot of parties!
12:00- I know I got it I’m gonna become a historian at the holocaust museum in Washington D.C. But when would I move and how do I study that here? Would I need to transfer?
12:30- is there a museum that focuses on European history in New York City?
1:00- I have a lab report to do .
1:30- what if I become a vet or a zoologist that would be so much fun but I would probably get depressed.
2:00- I’m so tired I wanna go home and make myself a cup of tea.
2:30- I wonder what Sally is doing ? Maybe she’s sleeping or hunting underneath the pile of pillows on the futon.
3:00- i hope the train isn’t packed On my way home tonight
3:30- why can’t people love animals the way I do ?
4:00- I should stop at the library and get some more history books but I’m so tired.
4:30- should I take an anatomy class for fun?
5:00- I can’t believe it takes me two hours to get home of course I’m the one that goes to a school in Brooklyn being from a completely different borough.
5:30- how much hw do I have tonight ? Oh god I have to write it all down as soon as possible so I don’t forget anything.
6:00- Should I take a nap or just do all my homework now ? Okay fine hw I guess.
6:30- I hate math oh god . Why does it have to be so difficult ?
7:00- let me take a break and read one of my books then finish reviewing for biology.
7:30- so like are we even in fall yet ? Or is global warming that bad already ? Humans are such a mess to this planet.
8:00- brain rules is actually pretty interesting. My mom would like it , I should tell her to read it.
8:30- so should I take that anatomy class and biology 2 classes next semester just for the fun of it?
9:00-( reading) so the years of the third reich were actually not just 1938-1945?
9:30- (still reading ) if hitler had no control over Russia how did the camps have Serbian prisoners? 10:00- (still reading ) have no remains been found when it comes Hitler?
10:30- (still reading )why were political prisoners never mentioned that much in books?
11:00-(still reading ) this relates so much to what I saw on my trip.
11:30 I can’t wait to go back to Eastern Europe all over again .
12:00- I said I would learn German, now when is that gonna happen?
12:30- maybe I should go to sleep.

Thinking Visually

https://www.flickr.com/photos/29757143@N05/14910582604/

Map-this map simply is a visual picture of all the places that I was able to visit this summer on my trip to eastern Europe.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/29757143@N05/15345686020/

Cake- I had a gathering, where I spent some time with some friends and family and was able to acquire new tips on cake when it comes to its taste as well as its décor.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/29757143@N05/15532158962/in/photostream/

Travels- Focuses on photo books that were made online by my mother and I, so that we could have an easier way to view pictures and remember such fun times.

Thinking Rhetorically and Reflectively

HOLOCAUST

The Holocaust, I love history with a passion but I am obsessed with European history to be more specific, World War II and the Holocaust. One of my dreams has always been to get a job at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. this picture is a map of the places that I visited on my trip to Eastern Europe when I traveled during the summer in July (Reyes, “Map”). On this trip I was able to visit the many sites that grand events that were part of the holocaust and events leading up to the holocaust took place.

During my day of thoughts I mentioned that I needed “ to go to the library and get some more books on the 1940’s”(Sreyes2 par.4). I wanted to go to the library to pick up some more books and that was because I am always on the lookout for new books on anything on history that would teach me something new or simply teach me more .I was also able to communicate through my thoughts on how exactly realistically my life would change if I were to work in the museum by saying “I know I got it I’m going to become a historian at the Holocaust museum in Washington D.C. But when would I move and how do I study that here? Would I need to transfer?”(Sreyes2 par.8) . Since I have always dreamed of working in that museum. But out of all of it I could become a historian sharing what I know, and at the same time I would be able to continue learning and always be able to figure out new information to improve my knowledge. Or an artifact preserver or tour guide at the actual site of Auschwitz – Birkenau concentration camp in Krakow, Poland that would be a dream come true.

 

EVENTS

I absolutely love baking, and ever since I first started baking I have always wanted to become a cake designer or event organizer for weddings or big events like weddings and baby showers. The other day I was able to enjoy a fantastic cake with really good friends and at the same time I was able to admire the design that was made with purple icing plus also see another way in which I could decorate my future cakes because practicing would only improve my skills (Reyes, “Cake”). The idea of becoming a cake designer had always lingered in the back of my mind, maybe not professionally but I would like to learn how to do it all both the designing and baking of the cakes. I also expressed in my day of thoughts that I “should I become an event organizer instead? I would get to go to a lot of parties”(Sreyes2 par.7). Because I remember first seeing 24 dresses I and realizing how much fun it is to be an event planner because you get to be there for people and help them and guide them through really huge moments in their lives, and I love helping people as well as parties because I love dancing as well. So that career would be a great idea.

 

ANIMAL

I am a huge animal lover, animals are so important to me I cant imagine a day that goes by in which I don’t think about the hardships that animals are undergoing every single day because of our terrible human species, on how we are destroying their habitats and hurting them for meaningless reasons, for example like for their skin. In my day of thought I shared that “what if I became a vet or a zoologist that would be so much fun but I would probably get depressed.”(Sreyes2 par.11). I have also always wanted to become a zoologist, but I first wanted to focus on marine biology so that I could be able to help clean up the oceans that are being so badly polluted, that because of this the majority of the sea life is dying if not already dead. I have a cat named sally and she is pretty much my everything and with her I have been able to have lots of hands on experience with an actual animal and have done lots of research so that I could give her the proper care needed so that she can be as healthy as possible at all times. I wonder what Sally is doing ? Maybe she’s sleeping or hunting underneath the pile of pillows on the futon.”(Sreyes2 par.13).

 

TRAVELING

I love traveling, seeing new places, tasting new dishes, hearing different types of music and because of this traveling has always been one of my passions. I have visited many places, but one place that I have always wanted to visit was Eastern Europe because of my strong interest in the Holocaust and World War II and I actually did. a few years back my mom asked me what I wanted as my graduation gift from high school and jokingly I said that I would love to visit Auschwitz but I did not think that she was actually being serious about it. But she did, I visited Poland and I am so glad that she did because I couldn’t have asked for anything else, because till this day it is a complete shock and I am in disbelief that I was standing on such ground. I wrote also in my day of thoughts on how “I can’t wait to go back to Eastern Europe all over again”(Sreyes2 par.30). I simply shared a photo with three books that were created by my mom and I that contain pictures saved from some trips that my family has taken over the years to always have some pictures to look back at (Reyes, “Travels”).

 

My thoughts may have seemed random but all of these topics are important because they make me who I am. I consider myself to have a vigorous love for history and therefore that is why I think so much about the Eastern Europe and the Holocaust and because it captures my curiosity so much, I am always reading about this subject. And when it comes to baking and event planning its just a bit of an interest that because of my experience in design I have always seen as a chance to understand that no matter what I have many chances to express my artistic love of design through decorating. I love animals, I have always loved animals so much that I have always wanted to study marine biology and zoology so that I could at least have a complete understanding on how I could help them and teach other people on how to care for specific animals. Traveling has also been a love of mine , and more than anything due to the amount of history along with its culture and the everyday life of its people that I have already been able to learn from and the future ones to come.

 

I would like my future thoughts to focus on what exactly I want to do as a career and on what I want to focus on in my studies so that I can grow both as a professional as well as a person. my past thoughts have been a great way to get started on deciding because I have put in time to think about and what exactly I find to be most important to me and my growing interests.

 

 

 

Work’s Cited

 

Sreyes2 (Samantha Reyes ). “Project 1: Thinking in Writing” Openlab. ENG1101 D377 English Composition 1, FA2014, 19 Sept 2014. Web. 9 Oct 2014.

 

Reyes, Samantha. “Cake”.Flickr. 20 Sept 2014. Web. 9 Oct 2014.

Reyes, Samantha. “Map”.Flickr. 20 Sept 2014. Web. 9 Oct 2014.

Reyes, Samantha. “Travel’s”.Flickr. 20 Sept 2014. Web. 9 Oct 2014.

INTRODUCTION

I was given the chance to actually sit down and focus on how my thoughts would affect my future success in different aspects. First i began by simply writing down my thoughts for one specific day. I then continued to take photos that corresponded with the thoughts that i jotted down. Finally i was able to think rhetorically and reflectively in terms of how my thoughts are structured and whether i want to change how i think or not.

THINKING IN WRITING

10:00-How much longer do i have to watch this pot??
10:30- yay law and order svu is on
11:00- its looks nice outside
11:30-wow it really looks nice outside
12:00-I should probably go watch sword art online
12:30- oh look no more Naruto shippuden fillers
12:30- never mind
1:00- oh look mothers home
1:30- its really nice outside
2:00- I should probably go skate
2:30- hmm what should I wear??
3:00- wow it is really nice out here
3:30- “I wanna hold your handddd”
4:00- ” remember when they said that what we want can never be done well look who’s laughing now”
4:30- that was fun
5:00- I should finish reading after I eat
5:30-i should go play dishonored
6:00- wow this game does feel like bioshock
6:30- I should go finish my drafting hw
7:00- should I transfer after 4 years?
7:30-i should go make my blog post. Yeah ill do that tomorrow
8:00- almost finished
8:30-alright im done time to go on youtube
8:30- oh look black veil brides
9:00- “we’ll be home soon so dry your eyes”
9:00-wow danny looks so different in the final episode

THINKING VISUALLY

  My first photo is simply a number of different album covers from different bands such as Asking Alexandria, Sleeping with Sirens and Falling in Reverse. I titled it “Array of album covers”.

  My second photo is of the city tech folder that i was given on orientation day. I titled this one “Academic career”.

My third photo is of the main characters in the anime sword art online. I titled this photo “Intense arc”.

 My fourth photo is of the game known Dishonored. I titled this photo “Bethesda’s Dishonored”.

THINKING RHETORICALLY AND REFLECTIVELY

          My name is Sheldon Bennett, I am currently an undergraduate student studying computer engineering here at city tech. I decided to record some of my daily thoughts in kind of a day of thoughts format . The basic purpose of this was for me to examine them and deduce whether they are beneficial to enabling my future success or just random scattered thoughts. After carefully looking through my thoughts believe that my thoughts are focused on things that are important to me in the present, but it also has a small percentage of thoughts that involve my future.

         When it comes to my future academic success or even professional success, the way that I think is pretty beneficial due to the fact that my thoughts include a wide range of ideas, but they allows involve things that are important to me such as my academic life and even my personal life. My thoughts are arranged where I always find myself thinking about 4 specific things which would be school, anime, music and gaming. I try to stay focused on my schoolwork and furthering my future career, but I also try to spend time relaxing which is where the last three things come into play. Balance (which I will be mentioning a number of times) is something that I believe is super important not only for me but also for most people due to the fact that we always have a number of activities that we participate in whether it is work related or even hobby related. It is definitely a concept that actually gives us the ability to create free time for the many other tasks that we have to complete.

To begin, I am going to mention one of my thoughts when it comes to my academic career would be “I should go finish my drafting homework”(Bennett/Sheldonb214. Par#19), and also “should I transfer in 4 years?”(Bennett/Sheldonb214. Par#20). These thoughts are accompanied by a photo entitled “Academic career”(Bennett,Academic). The first thing isn’t really special due to the fact that it is just another small that I always have when I either finish class or even when I am trying to figure out what to do next. The more important one would be the second thought.  I always seem to have this thought because my current career path involves getting my bachelors in computer engineering and also getting my masters in audio engineering so I always think about whether I should pursue that career path here at city tech or to continue it at another college. I was actually planning on starting here at city tech and then continuing the rest of my studies at City College or maybe Colombia University. My reason for wanting to transfer was because of the fact that I wanted to go out and study at another college after I complete what I needed to complete here at city tech. That’s more of a preference because I want to try and explore , but one of the main reasons as to why I wanted to leave was that this school lacked athletics which is something that I believe is a big part of a student’s life especially my own.

A more “personal life” example would be “we’ll be home soon so dry your eyes”(Bennett/Sheldonb214. Par#25). This thought is simply a snippet from asking Alexandria’s song “a prophecy” which is on their second album called stand up and scream. Not only is this one of my favorite songs, it also comes from one of my many favorite bands. I always find myself repeating song lyrics in my head not only because I love music but also because certain lyrics are so memorable that I just need to repeat them in my head every day. Another example of song lyrics that I always find myself repeating is” remember when they said that what we want can never be done well look who’s laughing now”(Bennett/Sheldonb214. Par#14). This is a snippet from the song “do it now, remember it later” which is another favored song of mine from a band called sleeping with sirens. These thoughts were accompanied by the photo entitled “Array of album covers”(Bennett,Array). Music isn’t just a big part of my life, It’s also going to be a part of my career so I always find myself trying to find opportunities to show off my engineering skills and even studying a wide range of music going from rap and r&b all the way to rock and techno.

When it comes to anime though, I always have thoughts such as “I should probably go watch sword art online”(Bennett/Sheldonb214. Par#5). This thought is accompanied by the photo entitled “Intense arc”(Bennett, Intense). I have been having this thought for a while now because i missed 2 episodes of sword art online and this was around the time in which the anime’s arc was reaching an incredible climax with Kirito and Death gun. Another one that came specifically that day was “oh look no more Naruto shippuden fillers”(Bennett/Sheldonb214. Par#6). This came just because I actually decided to start watching Naruto again after a very long hiatus that was caused by a long list of reasons. Anime is really a huge part of my life, not only as a means of entertainment but also as a means of growth. This thought comes across my mind every Friday and Saturday due to the fact that it’s apart of an agenda that I have when it comes to watching anime. This is more so a personal thought because like I said, I try to stay focused on school work, but also I try to take some time off in order to relax and calm my mind. This is a very important part of my success because I try to make a habit of working and also relaxing in order to lower the overall probability of any stress.

There’s always a certain point when I have connected thoughts. An example of this would be “I should go play dishonored”(Bennett/Sheldonb214. Par#17). This thought was accompanied by the photo entitled “Bethesda’s Dishonored”(Bennett, Bethesda’s). This thought was followed by “wow this game does feel like Bioshock”(Bennett/Sheldonb214. Par#18). I feel like they were connected because as i started to play Dishonored, it felt so similar to the game Bioshock because of how the game play was structured.I haven’t really gotten a chance to sit down and just play a game because I have been just doing homework and going to sleep shortly after, so I decided to finally get back into my usual routine of work followed by gaming, anime and finally a good amount of sleep. This thought is simply just another one that involves my personal life/ I am an avid gamer and gaming is another big part of my life so I always try to balance out things in order to give myself enough time to just kick back, relax and play some games. In general, I believe that not only is gaming a huge part of my personal life now but also it will still continue to be a huge part of my personal life even if I don’t have as much time as I would want to.
After carefully going through this, what does that mean for my future?  When it comes to my thoughts, I believe that on top of thinking about important things in the present, it’s also beneficial for me to think about my future especially when it comes to my academic success. My thoughts may have a wide range to them but it’s important to note that I always think about the 4 things that I mentioned which are anime, music, gaming and school. So what does this mean for my career future? I believe that the mindset that I have of work when I need to and relax when I need to is super beneficial because when I begin my career I want to be able to work efficiently and effectively so this kind of mindset is really helpful. There aren’t any notable improvements with the way that my thoughts are structured and I am content so far with how things are going. My main goal is to reach that point at which I am not just successful in my career, but I also want to reach that point at which I am still content with my personal life where I still have that key balance between work and also relaxation.

 

Works Cited

Sheldonb214(Sheldon Bennett ). “Re: Project 1: Thinking in Writing. “OpenLab. ENG 1101 D377 English Composition 1, FA 2014. 21 September 2014. Web. 13 October 2014.

Bennett, Sheldon. “Academic career”. Flickr. 12 October 2014. Web. 13 October 2014.

Bennett, Sheldon. “Array of album covers”. Flickr. 12 October 2014. Web. 13 October 2014.

Bennett, Sheldon. “Bethesda’s Dishonored”. Flickr. 29 September 2014. Web. 13 October 2014.

Bennett, Sheldon. “Intense arc”. Flickr. 13 October 2014. Web. 13 October 2014.

INTRODUCTION

In this project I used my thoughts, a pencil, paper and a camera to compress all of my thoughts into a  blog. While reading this blog you will see in one part all of my thoughts in one day, in another part you will see my pictures that represent some of my thoughts and in the last part you will see my essay that I have written about my thoughts.

THINKING IN WRITING

12:52 PM – I just woke up and I want to go back to bed, I woke up thinking I had English class so I rushed up from bed but as soon as I got up I noticed I did not and went back to sleep.

1:23 – Playing some destiny, wondering when to do my homework.

1:54 – Helping my girlfriend with her homework, also watching a show. Relaxing day.

2:28 – Doing some homework, thinking of college

2:58 – Thinking how stupid it is to drink alcohol and go clubbing

3:30 – Trying to analyze a passage with my girlfriend. Too confusing, I’m re reading it over and over.

4:03 – Finishing up the passage finally understood it, the brain is a crazy machine

4:33 – I hate my math professor, he is never prepared to teach us.

5:03 – reading some brain rules, great book.

5:43 – Feeling happy because my girlfriend was in a bad mood and she finally laughed

6:14 – Finished doing all my homework except this one and stopped playing destiny. Now I’m just in my bed relaxing, what a relaxing day

6:45 – Going to watch a movie, also relaxed still.. Nice day

7:15 – Just saw a great movie named fireproof, it’s amazing how a movie can influence a person In real life

7:45 – Talked with my girlfriend on the phone and We spoked about our favorite part of the movie

8:15 – Reading brain rules, trying to stay up to date with my class.

8:45 – Why is our brain so limited?

9:15 – answering a survey to figure out if I’m a perfectionist or not, I’m not.

9:45 – Finishing off my night with some food and some nice destiny gaming.

10:10 – Time to sleep! Not a very interesting day but it was a day.

THINKING VISUALLY

The first photo I took which I titled “Our Brain” focuses on the book that I am currently reading in class. Our brain is an amazing machine and we still have yet to fully understand it, something that controls use and yet we do not understand, pretty insane right?

The second picture I took I titled “Math” , My math professor is horrible and I hate math, combining these two ruined my world, seriously.

My third picture is titled “Fireproof” , While watching this picture I was amazed how a movie can change someone in real life. After the movie ended I had some introspection myself and wanted to change my life.

My fourth and last picture is titled “Bed” , who doesn’t want to stay in bed? Everyone’s bed is the best thing to them in their life, I guarantee it.

Thinking Rhetorically and Reflectively

            Thoughts are uncontrollable, it happens to everybody. Some thoughts are amazing and will help our world a ton. Like our buildings, cars, airplanes, cell phones and a ton more. But thoughts can also be very frustrating and distracting, like thinking of playing a game while reading or spacing out during class and thinking of your house and that comfortable bed. Those are the thoughts I receive. My name is Samuel Collado and I am an undergraduate student at City Tech. I love to read and write and I also love to exercise and play video games. My concentration is horrible unless I’m exercising or playing a video game. But when I read or when I write, for instance right now. I easily get distracted and start to think about several different useless stuffs. I need to find a way focus my thoughts a lot A LOT more, I can’t get through a studying session with this brain that I currently have, and it must be enhanced. My thoughts are all over the place, I can’t seem to concentrate on one thing and I know it’s normal but I wished it wasn’t like that. Sometimes I wish I can just connect my book to my brain through some sort of cable, therefore no disruptions will occur.

Throughout this essay you will see how amazingly connected and concentrated my thoughts are (Yeah Right). When I woke up on the day of my thoughts assignment, I was prepping myself the night before. Why? I simply did not want thoughts that were horribly stupid and lame. But like I said in my introduction, it is uncontrollable. I woke up wanting to go back to bed, “I just woke up and I want to go back to bed” this thought is called “The Perfect Place”. People may think that’s normal, sure everyone wakes up wanting to stay in bed all day but that’s not something I want to wake up thinking. I want to get up from bed, jumping off as if my bed was a trampoline. I want to be ready for school instantly and I want my thoughts to be “Let’s go learn today and become smarter” or “Can’t wait to study and test myself on the answers”. Those thoughts have never gone through my head in a morning, unless I have a test which, but those aren’t positive thoughts.

If you were to picture a student, what do you think his thoughts are while he’s at school Maybe “Wow that’s interesting, I did not know that”. Not me, while I’m in school I think of so many different things it’s embarrassing. During my English class, my professor was explaining how our brain works, how it remembers things and how it learns. That’s amazingly interesting now that I think about it, but while he was explaining I was thinking of Destiny, A Video game that just recently released for the Playstation 4. “Playing some Destiny, wondering when to do my homework” this thought is called “Gaming before School” unbelievable. A college student wondering when to do homework, I should knock that off the same day I receive it, but I never think of that. Instead I think of playing a game that will not help me one bit in neither life nor education. I sometimes think of staying home the entire day and just play Destiny. Max out my character to the highest level possible, do the intense raids with my friends and rinse and repeat, sounds so productive. I want that to change to “I want to stay home all day and finish this book, re read my notes and make sure all my homework is done”.

Everyone expects college professor to be amazingly intelligent and the perfect people to listen to. But listen carefully, change that mind set because you’ll want to change that course or run out of the classroom when you receive a professor the opposite of that. Although my thoughts are still all over the place I do not consider this one a bad one. “My math professor sucks” this thought is titled “He Sucks”, pretty rude but is amazingly true. This guy comes in 20 minutes late and teaches us based on his Galaxy Note 3. If you’re teaching a subject I imagine you’ll be an expert at it, right? But let’s go back to my thoughts. So far it went from bed to destiny to math sucks. As you can see none of my thoughts are about education, well one of them is but it’s not exactly something positive. During his class I sometime try to force my thoughts onto math, it happens for about five minutes but it drifts away, a lot more than usual. I personally don’t think I’m the one to blame here, because according to my psychology professor it takes five minutes to keep someone’s attention, if you fail you’ll lose their attention. Pretty selfish to think like that, so I’ll take the blame, they are my thoughts afterwards. Nobody controls them, wish I at least could.

My thoughts never drifts away when I’m watching a movie and I never understood why. Maybe because I’m curious as to what will happen at the end? But regardless it’s extremely rare that my thought stays focused on one thing. I was watching a movie titled “Fireproof”, it was an amazing Christian movie. Throughout the entire movie I did not think of something else. I was just reading the subtitles and watching the movie, the entire movie and no other thoughts. I still remember everything that happened in that movie, which is also something rare, my memory is horrible. After the movie I stopped for a second and thought “I literally did not think of anything else but this movie, how weird “, I title this “Everything Should Be a Movie”. If everything was a movie, maybe I would never lose concentration or at least I hope. But re reading this thought, maybe I find the brain interesting and maybe I might work as a psychologist in the future. Then it hit me! , that’s the first thought that was about my future, not quite but the “how weird” part shows that it caught my attention and I’ll love to look into it, when I’m done with this essay I’ll definitely do some research as to why we lose concentration.

Some would assume that these are all normal thoughts. That every teenager goes through this because we’re still kids. But that’s really ridiculous, I know people younger than me who can focus on one thing until they’re completely finished. Now, thinking about games may be normal. But not while I’m in class, that should be the last thing on my brain until I get home and still not until I finish my homework or study. Others may assume that staying in bed when you wake up is totally normal, hell everyone might agree with that. But I do not want to wake up with that thought, no matter how normal it is. I want to wake up thinking about my future, my classes, and my career. I want to wake up asking myself, how am I going to find a job to gain experience? I want to wake up ready for the world, not sleepy again. It’s incredibly amusing to myself how strictly I talk about changing my thoughts but I never do anything about it, this has to change.

There has to be some sort of solution for this unorganized thoughts of mine. I was thinking of ways to help myself and I finally created some steps to secure my thoughts into one thing at a time. Let’s say I’m in class and I’m losing concentration, I thought maybe it’ll be perfect if I look at the teacher. I can’t stare at him because it’ll be weird, but I’ll try to maintain eye contact as much as I can. Another setting would be if I was home and I had to study. I was thinking of locking myself in my closet (pretty depressing) with a lamp. From there I’ll leave all technology out and focus on the paper in front of me, there I will not have any distractions. My last and most distracting situation is doing homework, the reason to this is because I know I have a couple of days until it’s due therefore leaving it for last minute. But I think I may have found a solution, right after my classes’ end I will head directly to the school Library and do my homework there. When I get home I will be done and no thoughts would’ve distracted me. As you can see I want my thoughts to be focused on school and nothing else as of now, that’s where my priority stands.

WORK CITED

asuratraitor [Samuel Collado]. “Re: Project 1: Thinking in Writing” Openlab: ENG1101 D377 English Compisition 1, FA2014. 22 Sept.2014. Monday.13 Oct.2014.

Collado.Samuel “Bed.” Flickr. October 3, 2014. Web. October 13, 2014.

Collado.Samuel “Fireproof.” Flickr. October 3, 2014. Web. October 13, 2014.

Collado.Samuel “Math.” Flickr. October 3, 2014. Web. October 13, 2014.

Introduction

In this project, I had the opportunity to use a day to record my thinking every thirty minutes, photograph some of those thoughts that substitute my thinking, and construct an argument that reflects on my thoughts. Having this opportunity helped me to compose an objective for my future thinking.

Thinking in Writing

Just 10 more minutes
Why am I still sleepy?
It’s still to early for this
Whats on the agenda for today?
Precalculus homework and STUDY for upcoming EXAM
Whats for breakfast I should say
Catch up on some reading from the textbook
Orange juice and Granola bar
The next decisions I make will be up to me
Why does everything have to be complicated
Is being scared the learning process of never to be afraid and chase after what you really want
Its really cold in here
Can I fast forward time to where I can finally say I made it
Its only up to me to decide what I really want to do
I’m hungry
I’m tired
Have to start reading the textbook
Precalculus homework finally completed
Finding the composite functions is easy
Now get STUDYING for upcoming EXAM
I need a snack
Go and watch No Good Deed
The best surprises are the unexpected
Almonds
I’m bored, I really don’t want to read now
I need to go for a run
I need to go shopping
The only way we learn is by making mistakes
This is complicated
Do I really have to do this now
What do I normally think of, hmm..
I need a break from all of this
I want to travel the world and experience new things
I didn’t sign up for all of this
The only way to make your dreams come true is go after them and never allow any obstacle push you back
Obstacles are there only to make you start from the beginning but it is up to me to jump over them and keep on moving
If I give up it only means that I didn’t try hard enough
College life is scary
You never know what to expect
Follow your dreams
All I have to do is keep my head held up high
I need a vacation
Who would’ve thought
I need to get some sleep

Thinking Visually

This first photograph depicts what I decided to have for breakfast, something that was quick and fast to munch, which concludes to the title of this photograph, “Breakfast.”

Studying is something that I always hassled with because of the many distractions that surrounded me, but this time I made sure there would not be as many distractions, “Studying…”

Running is something that has always helped me to relax, “Time for a run, Astoria Park.”

Thinking Rhetorically and Reflectively  

My name is Jennifer Huerta, a current student at The City College of Technology, majoring in business. I am the youngest of three siblings. Growing up having three older brothers to pick on you on a daily basis wasn’t something I dreamed of or actually no one does. There would be constant fights in the house because they would not leave me alone so it was rough getting along with each other. I guess you can say they just wanted to annoy me for the same reason, I was the only girl but at the end of the day we will always love each other no matter how rough we are with each other or how mad we get. Being the only girl was hard and till this day it still is because I don’t have a sister, someone who I can talk to about anything and will not judge or criticize about the things I do, but instead will support me and tell me that everything will be okay. I have always been this quiet girl growing up its not because I was shy but because I just was quiet something that was just a part of me growing up. In this project I had the chance to reflect on my thoughts for a day and it helped me take a look on what I focus on the most and what I should me focusing on. I argue that my thoughts are focused on the important things in my life at the moment and how I can make myself a better person from what I need to accomplish at that exact instant.

Having to choose to a day to focus on my thoughts made me realize that I focus on what is important in the present and I never took a note of that because really we all think about different stuff that are happening to us. For instance, during my day of thought, I wrote, ”Whats for breakfast I should say.” (huerta4 par. 6) Thinking about what will I have for breakfast is on a daily basis. I like having a healthy breakfast so for this day in thought I came to the conclusion of eating Nature Valley Oats ’n Honey granola bar and a Tropicana Orange Juice with it, as stated in my day of thoughts (huerta4 par. 8). It was convenient for me to eat this while walking to the train station. I decided to have this for breakfast because I wanted something quick and light since I was also running late. Before having this for breakfast I decided to take a quick picture of it since it perfectly depicts my breakfast for the day, (Huerta,”Breakfast.”). It was convenient for me to eat this while walking to the train station, it was something I was able to grab from my kitchen and leave in a hurry and it was in an eye level reach.

Not only do I think about what I am going to eat but that I need to get my schoolwork completed so I can go out and enjoy the rest of the week. School is never easy because you always have tons of work to complete whether it is just reading from your textbook to catch up and understand the topic more clearly or go over your notes or study for an exam but schoolwork is somehow involved one way or another. Throughout the day, my schoolwork is what I always thought about as stated in my day of thoughts, (huerta4 par. 17). I knew that I had to complete all my assignments for the week if not I would have had a lot to complete within a night. The reason I broke up the assignments throughout the day was because I found it easier and favorable to do so. If I had completed it all in one shot I would have found it too long and tiring and completing one assignment at a time is what I thought would work for me, which is what did. Yes, completing everything in one single sitting would have been better so my rest of the day could have been relaxing but it also helps me to complete other things that I need to complete besides school work. One assignment I had to complete was to read from the textbook which is the reason why I took a picture of my textbook, (Huerta, “Studying…”). Not only did I read the text because there were parts that were confusing so to better understand the topic a little bit more clearly I went over my notes for that day as well. 

Not only did I read from one of my textbooks but I also had to complete my Precalculus assignment along with studying for an upcoming exam the following week, which is what my day of thought consisted of, “Precalculus homework and STUDY for upcoming EXAM”, (huerta4 par. 5). Math is my strongest subject so I knew right from the top that I was going to be able to complete this assignment in a breeze, the only part left was to study because you never know what type of questions they will give you so I needed to be aware of all the topics for this exam. Which is the reason why I always jotted down that I needed to complete this assignment so I can get studying.

I like to be physically active and I also needed a break from schoolwork so I decided to get ready and go for a run, (huerta4 par. 26). I grew up in Astoria, Queens so the park I go to is about a 25 minute walk from my house to Astoria Park located along the East River and adjacent to the Triborough bridge. Astoria Park has a track, which is the reason why I always come to this park for a run. Although there are closer parks where I live Astoria Park is the only one that has a track and I really don’t mind the long walk since at a young age my family and I would walk to the destination that we needed to be but only if it was in the same borough. Going for a run is what helps me relax, it helps me get through the rest of the day especially if I had a rough day too.Since I had the chance to come to Astoria Park for a run I decide to take a picture of the track, (Huerta, “Time for a run, Astoria Park.”).  Also it is not bad to get in some exercise. Being physically active helps you feel better and helps us to get or stay at a healthy weight.

Having to complete this project made me come up with the conclusion that I focus on what is in my present because what I do in my present with either harm or benefit my future. The way I think will let me realize the things I need to complete to become successful in life. If I think in a positive way I know it will benefit my future because as I wrote in my day of thoughts, “If I give up it only means that I didn’t try hard enough” (huerta4 par. 37), meaning that no matter how hard life gets I need to keep on pushing further because in the end the outcome will be turn out to be great.

We all have different stuff we think about during the day but in my day of thoughts I mostly thought about the present. The things that I need to complete whether they were to complete my schoolwork or what should I do be doing for the day. Overall I had to tell myself that it is up to me to keep striving forward for the best, to go after what I want because if I don’t no one will do it for me. I have to try hard enough to get up to where I want to be, I cannot give up I just have to work harder because nothing is really hard we just set our mind to say it is.

Everybody thinks about different things because we all do not have the same brains. Some of us think about what is happening in the present, some of us think about the future and well others think about everything and are all over the place. After completing this project, my day in thoughts reflected of me thinking about the present and what I needed to get done at the moment because what I think about now will help me to either succeed in life or not help me at all. I need to stay optimistic about my future.

Works Cited

Huerta, Jennifer. “Breakfast.” Flickr. 3 October 2014. Web. 11 October 2014.

Huerta, Jennifer. “Studying…” Flickr. 25 September 2014. Web. 11 October 2014.

Huerta, Jennifer. “Time for a run, Astoria Park.” Flickr. 26 September 2014. Web. 11 October 2014.

huerta4 (Jennifer Huerta).”Re: Project 1: Thinking in Writing.” Openlab. ENG 1101 D377 English Composition1, FA 2014. 21 September 2014. Web. 11 October 2014.