Thursday, December 17, 2009
A push tot he rest of my life
Starting tomorrow for the next two month I will once again put myself through basic training. Twice a day I will workout, running, pushups, and situps. This also includes muscle confusion P90X work out. Lets see hoe far I can push myself........60days to go
Thursday, October 15, 2009
The Idea of Love
I been asked many times about my views on love. As a young man I find myself wondering what is love really? Some people say that love is the emotions felt when involved with another person. Others say or rather think that love is the idea of that there is that perfect match, that perfect someone for everyone. On the one hand love is something that should be reached for, apired too. On the other hand love also has some many draw backs and flaws. How can something so beautiful and passionant be so hard and plainful.
When it comes to the issue of love I think love is something worked for or even deserved, on a personal level sort of speak. When a person is entuned with his/her innerself, then and only then can he focus on what the heart really whats. Often many people find thereselves choosing that special someone through either.......
1. Social Gain
2. Simply Lust
3. Pressure
4. voilds
I think love is that special thing that feels that empthy space in an individes life. So no matter how you look at it love is love.........
When it comes to the issue of love I think love is something worked for or even deserved, on a personal level sort of speak. When a person is entuned with his/her innerself, then and only then can he focus on what the heart really whats. Often many people find thereselves choosing that special someone through either.......
1. Social Gain
2. Simply Lust
3. Pressure
4. voilds
I think love is that special thing that feels that empthy space in an individes life. So no matter how you look at it love is love.........
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Hervey 1
Fruquione Hervey
Mr. elliott
Octo. 8, 2009
English 100
African American Views
on
African Culture
The year is 2009, October 7th and it's the beginning of a new chapter in my life. It's my freshman year of college, and the day of days are closely approaching, my first English paper is due. Although I should now better by now I still have no idea what my I-Search paper is about let alone the title of the paper. I began thinking back to my better years of high school. My connection with students of other cultures were strong if not stronger than students of my own culture. I met friends that offered encouragement, hope, and inspiration. I met friends of many nations and from the lands or Africa. This is not to say that you couldn't find friends with these same qualities anywhere else in the the world, but lets just say we had a sort of bond of sorts. my fascination with my inner African got me pondering and remanesting on African culture in general. Thust the beginning of my I-Search paper.
In recent discussions of African culture, an interesting issue has been whether African and African Americans really have as much in common as one would think. On one hand, some argue that Africans are completely different when it comes to the everything struggle that African Americans are faced with in the inner cities of America. From this perspective, one might even say that Africans are nothing like African Americans other than the complication of the skin. On the other hand, however some argue that African and African Americans have a list of things that could be compare if looked at beyond a certain point. According to this view, Africans have much in common with there American counter parts, ethically. In sum, then, the issue is whether Africans have more of a separate culture or does the difference between Africans and African Americans culture stop at the appearance of these two people.
My own view is that Africans and African Americans have a lot in common. Though I concede that Africans have different views in certain areas of life, I still maintain that Africans and African Americans have more in common than conventional wisdom says. For Example, the belief of strong family runs deep in both cultures. Although some might object that African Americans have strong family ordinations, I can reply that beyond the world media and black-on-black violence, African Americans are raised with a since of respect and honor towards there families. This issue is important to discuss because the link between African and African American culture is just as likely to be answered through history or family trees.
I began my search like any other typical search: Google. After realizing that African was the magic word for slave trade, I tried yet another search engine, and another and yet another. Hours slipped by, turning into days and then a week. Somewhere between me typing with my eyes closed and ending up on the floor of my dorm, I realized that I needed to take a different approach to this whole topic. I did something that I would rarely do. I used my own personal experiences with my African friends and compared them to the comments of my new found college classmates about there thoughts on Africans and there life styles. This approach left me with some very different and colorful answers and assumptions. I learned that must African Americans think that African with in there culture are traditional and see themselves above most Americans, including African Americans. You could say it was like a cultural hierarchy. At the same time the Africans do not fall short of these same assumptions when it comes to African Americans.
When it comes to the topic of African culture, most of us will readily agree that Africans are different when it comes to life styles and customs of the regions of Africa. When this agreement usually end, however, is on the question of bother and sister hood. Whereas spme are convinced that being different or coming from a different place pushes people away from one another, others such as myself maintain that people whether black or white, or African or African American, are still people and should be expected as such. I discovered why yes Africans are different in some aspects, but never the less, we are truely connected, more than well could ever imagine.
Fruquione Hervey
Mr. elliott
Octo. 8, 2009
English 100
African American Views
on
African Culture
The year is 2009, October 7th and it's the beginning of a new chapter in my life. It's my freshman year of college, and the day of days are closely approaching, my first English paper is due. Although I should now better by now I still have no idea what my I-Search paper is about let alone the title of the paper. I began thinking back to my better years of high school. My connection with students of other cultures were strong if not stronger than students of my own culture. I met friends that offered encouragement, hope, and inspiration. I met friends of many nations and from the lands or Africa. This is not to say that you couldn't find friends with these same qualities anywhere else in the the world, but lets just say we had a sort of bond of sorts. my fascination with my inner African got me pondering and remanesting on African culture in general. Thust the beginning of my I-Search paper.
In recent discussions of African culture, an interesting issue has been whether African and African Americans really have as much in common as one would think. On one hand, some argue that Africans are completely different when it comes to the everything struggle that African Americans are faced with in the inner cities of America. From this perspective, one might even say that Africans are nothing like African Americans other than the complication of the skin. On the other hand, however some argue that African and African Americans have a list of things that could be compare if looked at beyond a certain point. According to this view, Africans have much in common with there American counter parts, ethically. In sum, then, the issue is whether Africans have more of a separate culture or does the difference between Africans and African Americans culture stop at the appearance of these two people.
My own view is that Africans and African Americans have a lot in common. Though I concede that Africans have different views in certain areas of life, I still maintain that Africans and African Americans have more in common than conventional wisdom says. For Example, the belief of strong family runs deep in both cultures. Although some might object that African Americans have strong family ordinations, I can reply that beyond the world media and black-on-black violence, African Americans are raised with a since of respect and honor towards there families. This issue is important to discuss because the link between African and African American culture is just as likely to be answered through history or family trees.
I began my search like any other typical search: Google. After realizing that African was the magic word for slave trade, I tried yet another search engine, and another and yet another. Hours slipped by, turning into days and then a week. Somewhere between me typing with my eyes closed and ending up on the floor of my dorm, I realized that I needed to take a different approach to this whole topic. I did something that I would rarely do. I used my own personal experiences with my African friends and compared them to the comments of my new found college classmates about there thoughts on Africans and there life styles. This approach left me with some very different and colorful answers and assumptions. I learned that must African Americans think that African with in there culture are traditional and see themselves above most Americans, including African Americans. You could say it was like a cultural hierarchy. At the same time the Africans do not fall short of these same assumptions when it comes to African Americans.
When it comes to the topic of African culture, most of us will readily agree that Africans are different when it comes to life styles and customs of the regions of Africa. When this agreement usually end, however, is on the question of bother and sister hood. Whereas spme are convinced that being different or coming from a different place pushes people away from one another, others such as myself maintain that people whether black or white, or African or African American, are still people and should be expected as such. I discovered why yes Africans are different in some aspects, but never the less, we are truely connected, more than well could ever imagine.
Blog Reflection
One thing I learned while writing this short I-search paper is that writing itself can actually be something interesting. I never been ask to write of someting of interest or importants to me in an paper. The "I say They say" book really does show you the steps that matter when it comes to getting your point across. So in conclusion I would say that I learned that writing really isn't as big as a strain as one would think.
The only thing I could say that I knew about writing already was the fact that I knew that there was a method in which I didn't already understand. Thats the honest to God truth.
I can apply what I learned in furture writings y simply refering back to the book "They Say I Say" and remembering the key move that really help to get a point of a paper across. I already feel as if these moves are showing through my writing without refering back for help. Yes I would deffently say so. Even in other classes around campus I has begin using the technquies learned in English 100. So I see no reason why these teachings couldn't be applied to the real world.
Before my English 100 class, I would rarely say this but the highest point of my writing was actually the writing and forming the sentences themselves. The low point of this I-Search was actually the research. I would say coming up with the actual topic was the a obstacle. I don't really use any strategies to ovecome this obstacle.....I guess you could say I did a bit of brainstorming. I learn that I don't have to be afriad of writing things that are of interest to me or even writing things that have importance in todays society. Now I feel like I can express myself and know the right moves to do so.
One thing I learned while writing this short I-search paper is that writing itself can actually be something interesting. I never been ask to write of someting of interest or importants to me in an paper. The "I say They say" book really does show you the steps that matter when it comes to getting your point across. So in conclusion I would say that I learned that writing really isn't as big as a strain as one would think.
The only thing I could say that I knew about writing already was the fact that I knew that there was a method in which I didn't already understand. Thats the honest to God truth.
I can apply what I learned in furture writings y simply refering back to the book "They Say I Say" and remembering the key move that really help to get a point of a paper across. I already feel as if these moves are showing through my writing without refering back for help. Yes I would deffently say so. Even in other classes around campus I has begin using the technquies learned in English 100. So I see no reason why these teachings couldn't be applied to the real world.
Before my English 100 class, I would rarely say this but the highest point of my writing was actually the writing and forming the sentences themselves. The low point of this I-Search was actually the research. I would say coming up with the actual topic was the a obstacle. I don't really use any strategies to ovecome this obstacle.....I guess you could say I did a bit of brainstorming. I learn that I don't have to be afriad of writing things that are of interest to me or even writing things that have importance in todays society. Now I feel like I can express myself and know the right moves to do so.
Monday, October 5, 2009
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