Blog # 5

Okay. so the thing is that my group just keep changing. We change our members, we change our topic and we change our minds. Now it's back to Zoe and myself again and we really need to figure out and schedule people to talk to and interview! But the first thing we really need to do, i think we're doing it today is to make a plan. We have to sit down, go through what massage we want to send people, what stories we want to tell and how we're going to tell them. Since an interview need to be for a reason and to get what we want we need to know and have a plan. So 2 hours today will hopefully be used productively so we can start this project.

2. "Theme for English B" written by Langston Hughes
This paper is very different from the other reading assignments we have gotten before. I kinda like this one, it was short, cute and interesting. I think the purpose with the teachers assignment was to have the person to write a page about just whatever came to his/her mind and that would be what he wanted to read. Not set any limits. not set any guide lines, but just have the person to write something that would be different and interesting.
I think this assignment begins with the words "Go home" since then start in medias res, the introduction to the page is interesting and it captures your interest right away. And the person is also letting us know that the reason that she's writing those exact letters is because of her teacher that told her to go home and write a paper.
The narrator writes that he is different, cause he is colored. But he also let us know that he is like everybody else, he is a human being even though he stands out in the crowd and is "different".

Reflection:
I have noticed that a lot of times, when you meet somebody and they assume you act and behave a certain way. A lot of times personal expressions tell you more then you could ever imagine. Just by meeting somebody and look at them you can kinda tell if they really are interested in getting to know you or not. Normally i don't react really strong, i just get upset how strong imprinted stereotypes can be sometimes. I usually try to prove them wrong so the next time they meet somebody they will meet them with an open mind.