Class Blog Assignment/ March 10, 2011

Chayse J. Adams

Ms. Chastain

Class Blog Assignment

March 10, 2011

3) Use this space to explore more of your own claim. How did you arrive at your research question? What is it that interests you? What do you wish to explore and why? Spend this space developing your argument.

I arrived at my research question, “When or what are the circumstances to which it becomes not forced rape?” because it is a very real situation in this time and age, and it is a really touchy subject and I think it would be interesting to explore. The part that interests me most is that, I am a companionate person and feel pity for the poor individuals who have to endure this kind of abuse. Being a male and knowing the thoughts of the male gender when they look at a woman is one thing but I can’t understand what would drive an individual to want to do such a thing to another human being. I wish to explore what the political term is for actual “forced rape.” I also wish to explore the topic of, if there is any federal funding for women who have been raped and what the qualifications of “forced rape” are to meet the standards for federal funded abortions. I believe women should not have to carry the child of a rapist and wish to find out if they have to take care of this matter through personal funds or not because, frankly, if they do have to handle these matters personally, I think it’s bullshit! I feel if surtin qualifications are met they should be able to receive some sort of support from the government to handle these matters.

PS: I could not figure out how to spell the highlighted word, a replacement word could be, “particular”.

Chayse J. Adams

Ms. Chastain

Eng. 104

Blog- Jan. 27, 2011

Blog Response to the following Questions:

Tell us about the ad you have chosen. Spend some time describing the ad in detail. How does it objectify a male or female? Next briefly identify the intended audience. Go further than identifying young, white women. Use the example that I have provided you with for the writing assignment for the first essay. Discuss how and why that ad targets this audience. Use supporting details from the ad to support your claim.

I have chosen the ad for Spike TV’s series, Blue Mountain State, shown at the bottom of this blog for my writing assignment. In this ad there is a young, extremely attractive, blond haired woman looking to be in her younger twenties. She is wearing white tennis shoes and long, white sports socks with three black stripes towards the top. She has black underwear that shows at the waistband just above her extremely short grey, athletic “booty” shorts. She is wearing a white tank top style of athletic compression top that shows most of her stomach. The woman straddles or rides on top of a giant football that has “BMS Blue Mountain State” written as the logo on the side of the football. She arches her back inward with her arms in the air and hands running through her hair as if she is signifying an orgasm by sexual pleasure. Behind the woman at chest height the phrase, “It’s All About the Scoring.”

This ad objectifies young white women in their twenties. It could also objectify women athletes such as cheerleaders. The as does this by taking typical athletic wear of women and through her posture and how she styles the clothing, turns the attitude of the ad into a more sexual intended and oriented ad than it would have been for a woman athlete to just stand next to a big football.

The intended audience for this ad is typically straight men ranging from the ages of 17-25, who are most likely single or at least not married. This ad would attract the attention of college men or football fans or men in general as a whole would be enticed by this advertisement. This ad would detour some men in these categories as well though, these men would be those who their religion would reject this kind of show and also the church member who was watching it. There are a number of religions that would not approve of this show. Another deterrent of this show could be moral beliefs of some people that would see this show as morally wrong.

A Writerly Biography of Myself, Chayse Adams

Chayse J. Adams

College Writing and Rhetoric, blog response.

1-20-2011

A Writerly Biography of Myself, Chayse Adams

            My name is Chayse Jacobus Adams, I am 19 years old and I am starting my second semester as a freshman at Missouri Western State University. I was born and raised here in St. Joseph Mo. My experiences with reading have not been as good as my experiences with writing. Although I am not a great writer, yet, I have always managed to do decently well in writing, which I believe may be because of the creative person I am. I like to talk and tell stories and that’s generally what writing is, without the excitement of getting to throw facial expressions and move my hands in every which direction. I do that because I am one of those people who talk with their hands even if someone tells me not to 5 seconds before, I’ll get lost in my thoughts and story and sure enough they’ll be flailing everywhere in a matter of moments. Not that you don’t already know me Ms. Chastain, but now anyone else might be beginning to get a glimpse of the funny, charming, all around goofy person that I comfortably am.

            My reading experiences are few and far between. It seems that from as early in my childhood that I can remember, reading has always been more of a chore and a means of getting any pleasure or enjoyment out of my day. To put it simply, I just seem to find better, more productive ways to spend my time. However in recent years I have found a “few” books that I would say I actually have enjoyed spending my time in such a manner. But only a “few”! As a writer I have always struggled with the use of commas and spelling. Those would be my two biggest problems in which I will be looking and asking for assistance on this semester from the instructor and my peers. Because I have never been an avid reader, I am extremely slow! However, odd as it may be, I have always had extremely high comprehensive skills, which I believe may be because I read so slow that I really take in each word and take the time to understand what I am reading. Another theory to that may be that I try to comprehend and fully understand what I read and that is why I am so slow.  Two rather good theories I believe. When I say I am a slow reader, I also want to clarify that I do not read like a 4^th grader, just probably a little under the average speed of a typical freshman in college. My schedule consists of a lot of reading this semester, that would probably be the most intimidating factor for myself that I can come up with at this point in time.

Evaluation of blogging

Chayse Adams

Eng 100-20

December 10, 2010

Evaluation of blogging

Because of English 100 my reading skills have improved due to all of the short stories from the Introduction to College Writing book that you have assigned this the semester. My reading comprehension skills have also improved as well. I believe it is because of how you made us analyze each story and look for deeper meanings and other interpretations of each story. My actual typing abilities have improved due to the fact that we do almost all if not all of our assignments on computers in this class. Which typing is a skill that I will need to be building up for every college class I will have, so it is a very good plus that just came without having to actually try. My writing abilities such as being able to put my thoughts down on paper, or computer, have drastically changed for the better as well. Everything we have done forces you to do critical thinking and being able to write the words in an understandable way to express my thoughts more clearly.

                I think of the blogs as a kind of journal that we are forced to keep. I don’t necessarily enjoy writing them but I don’t really mind it either. Also, there are benefits in keeping the blogs in the since that they are a reference if you want to go back and remind yourself of the main points and focus of a story it you choose to write about it later. You can use parts of your actual blogs in some of your papers so you can save time if you’ve already expressed thoughts or ideas about it once already. The blogs are a hassle sometimes, but I would rather do them and make use of them every now and then than not  blogging and end up running around in the dark about a paper, so I think they are very useful.

Questions for Reflection and Writing, Question #1 (pg. 232-236)

Chayse Adams

English 100-20

11-30-2010

Questions for Reflection and Writing, Question #1

Richard Rodriguez, The Lonely, Good Company of Books (pg. 232-236)

            My relationship with books is not very strong. For the longest dime I actually despised books. I did not enjoy reading and I was very slow at it, so it took me forever to read anything, which did not help. I couldn’t figure out why in the world anyone would ever want to waste their time reading when they could be outside playing or hanging out with friends or chasing girls. The point is there is so many things for a person to do, so why would they, like Richard Rodriguez says, feel alone to their thoughts like you are talking to yourself all alone in a completely empty room. At least that is how I felt about reading throughout elementary and high school.

            Although my idea and perception of books has changed a little, I still do not have much to do with books or any reading for that matter, unless it is specifically for school or something else of importance to me. My favorite books to read, if I had to, would be war stories and old westerns, like cowboys and stuff. Although I was forced to pick a book from a list in one of my classes to read for an assignment, my all time favorite book would have to be With the Old Breed, E.B. Sledge. I have never enjoyed a book so much as that one. It really just drew my attention in and kept me interested for what was about to happen next. That was a rare and mysterious feeling for me, I did enjoy it, but I don’t think I’ll be reading a bunch of more books to find one that gives me the same feeling. I might buy it sometime though, I saw it at Target about two weeks ago and just about bought it because I wouldn’t mind reading it again sometime.

Homework for Nov. 19th Please accept late

Chayse Adams

Eng: 100-20

My Experiences with Reading and Writing

Before this course I thought I was a decent writer, and that I could manage college English classes, I soon realized that it might be that I had the right founding blocks for becoming a decent writer. I am defiantly not a decent writer, yet. It became abundantly clear that my writing skills would be pushed. They continue to be pushed harder and harder every week, but at a manageable pace, if you stick to what you are supposed to be doing and staying focused.

I started to be unsure that I would be able to cope with the ever increasing work load that my professors continued to pile on. Then I dug my way through it until I could see some light again and began to relax a bit. I have just now returned back to school from Fall Break, It was very pleasant and not shockingly, went by too fast. I took it pretty easy over the break, enjoying myself as much as possible. I just recently realized that was a huge mistake! I have fallen behind, procrastinated long enough that I have a few weeks to achieve what I need to get done, however, I feel I waited too long and now it’s going to be hell digging myself out of this hole. In case you were wandering, it was not worth all that free time because now I’m really regretting every second of it I spent doing anything else other than school work.

My Struggle

When I first made the transformation from high school to college English I noticed i was going to be in for a ride. We were expected to write a blog every day of class that was atleast 250 words long and that was the easyest part! It was tough and I did struggle for awhile, but over time my writing skills and abillity to push out 250 words increased and it became easyer every time. Then things got harder; the task papers were longer and the blogs more and more difficult but so far i have met what my instructor has demanded of me, pushing me to do more and better. It has been a struggle but I have rose to the challenge and will continue to push my self.