Metacognitive reflection…

My reading habits… Well, when it comes to reading I like the room or the place where I’m at to be quiet. Sometimes I like to have music, but other times I have to turn the music off in order to concentrate on what I’m reading.  I usually read in my mind, but sometimes I have to speak the sentence out loud to hear it and understand it better. Also, I don’t like to have any persons around me that can distract me or just simply talk to me, because once I start talking to someone and then  five minutes after  I try to back to read what I was reading and I don’t remember anything anymore. Sometimes I also have to read the page more than twice to have a better understanding of my lecture. I usually lay on my bed or sit down on my desk chair, of course with the door closed, to avoid any distractions. I also like to read in the library rooms because I am able to focus on my reading every, since everything is also really quiet there.

   I don’t really like to read books. but what i do like to read are articles, articles that catches my attention and that are interesting for me, I think that's the only times where I actually read with out anyone telling me that i have to read something by a due date. other than that the only times I read is for the homework assignments, which lately have been have been enough to actually be able to have and identify this habits. The times when I usually have my readings are after my classes. If I know that during the week I have to do a lot of reading for all of my different classes, then I go to the reading and writing center which is located in the library, or I just go upstairs in the library where is usually quiet to read and have some homework done. Sometimes I do find it difficult to do the readings since all of my classes require reading, and I am not used to read that much, but I’m hanging there. I know that it’s only a matter of managing my time and to actually keep close attention to what I’m reading. Now that I know how and where is the best place and conditions for me to read, I will continue to read as how I have been doing so.  The part that I am finding difficult or not exactly difficult, but that I’m struggling a little, is where I need no analyze and write. I know this is really going to help me, and it’s not that I can’t do it, but it’s just simply that sometimes I can’t find the right words to describe what I’m trying to say, but other than that, I think I’m fine.

Definition of two key terms...

Radical Reconstruction: anti-slavery republicans – favored strong protection for black civil rights mainly on the south.

 Freedmen’s Bureau: a temporary agency that was going to provide former slaves with legal help, education and employment assistance.

An Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge...

While analyzing scene one, the first part of the story, it introduces a man about thirty five years of age standing on a bridge in northern Alabama. He had his hands behind him tied. He was standing in that bridge about to be hung. Everything was ready for the lynching. His face was not cover nor his eyes not were bandaged, so he was clearly aware and could see what was happening around him, so he closed his eyes in order to focus and “fix his last thoughts on his wife and children.” But a really loud noise distracted him from his thoughts, he wondered what it was, the sound was similar to a blacksmith’s hammer hitting on to the anvil. Every time he heard that noise he was became more and more impatience and he did not know why. The silence grew longer which this allowed the noise to be heard more clearly to his ears. The noise was hurting his ears but in reality “what he was heard was the ticking of his watch.” He opens his eyes and faces the reality; he’s still in the bridge waiting for the signal to be hung.  I think the author wrote is so the reader can have a full scenario of what is going on. The author gives a lot of details that leaves a clear picture of the scene, and I think this is very important so we could understand the thoughts of Farquhar and what happens in the next scenes. I think this scene is very important for the whole story because it where the author sets the story, he has to plot the scenario so the readers can have a better understanding of the story and how it develops.

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civil war...

What I know and I think the civil war was based on, was giving the freedman rights. Since now they weren’t slaves anymore they had to find a job and a house to live, so most of them ended up working for their anterior masters, but what they wanted was their own land but they weren’t allowed to own land since they weren’t citizens of the United States. There was a lot of racism during those times, and the majority of the people from the south were against giving the black men any kind of rights although they were free already and were citizens from the United States according to the fourteenth amendment. Although they were free now and had their citizenship the government or the people were always trying to find ways to interpret the laws differently so the freedman can’t have a full access to all the rights, an example of this is when they took away the right to vote to the freeman. All this injustices kept going; the education at first was only to with people. Later on, the black people had their own schools but of course everything was separated, the withes from the blacks. Their rights were still being violated for instance; even if they got an education and went to college they were never going to get a job as good as a white man even if they had the same education and knowledge. I don’t know much about the civil war but what I do know is that there was a lot of racism involved and of course a bunch of injustices that was legal according to the eyes of the ones who had the power.

The 13, 14 & 15 amendments...

The thirteen amendment is basically saying that the slavery or involuntary servitude in the United states is prohibited, unless is a punishment for a crime.

The section one of the fourteen amendment is the one that gives to all those people who are born in the United States the citizenship of the country and the state in which each one reside.  This amendment is the one that gives us rights and basically protect us from the state this amendment states that no state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the law

The section two of the fourteen amendment says that the representatives are the ones that decide how things should take care of but the people are the ones that chose who can be making those decisions by voting and it also states that any male of twenty-one years of age has the right to vote unless they committed a crime.

Section three of the fourteen amendment states that no one can be a senator or Representative in congress, or elector of president and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military unless they had taken an oath to the United States, or if the person committed a crime to the country, but congress  may vote to abolish this.

Section four talks about the debts of the public, that they are not going to question anything, but neither the state nor the country will take care of your debt, and also that all debts are not illegal nor void.

Section five of this same amendment just gives the congress the power to do adjustments to this amendment.

The fifteen amendment gives the right to all citizens of the United States to vote no matter their color, their race or their previous servitude.

(Divine, Breen, Fredrickson, Williams, Gross, Brands, Roberts A-12)

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I am...

I am..Nancy… I consider myself as a very optimistic person. In my family my dad and I are the most optimistic. We like to think that there is always a solution for every problem. I always try to look the positive side of things. One of the main things I’ve found out of optimistic people is that they don’t stress as much as other people. I believe that one has no reason to stress, if there’s a solution, there’s a solution, if there’s not, then why stress out. So, I try to live my life without stress, even though sometimes it’s impossible to not stress out, but like I said earlier, I try not to.

I am really social person so, I like interacting with other people. I also like to help them if there’s anything I can help with. I feel and I think we all feel good when we do something that helps someone else. For example I felt really good when I was working on doing my externship for my medical assisting certificate, at a clinic called Dr Fred & Mary Mansubi sometimes, sometimes Hispanics would take their kids to the doctor and they didn’t know how to communicate with the doctor or they didn’t understand what the doctor was diagnosing that their kids had, so I try to help them as much as I could and at the end of the day I was just really glad to be able to help people.

I also like to be creative. I like to come up with different ideas that can give a more interesting view to the project; but I’m more like a hands on kind of person. I like to utilize my hands and move around. I am not a really techy person, so I’m trying to get used to this this blog thing. People have told me that I am also a perfectionist person, and I guess that, that’s kind of true I have always say that if someone is going to do something as might as well do it the right way or do it good, if not, then why even bother to do it if it’s going to come out not as expected. On the other hand if someone does put effort to do something but it doesn’t come out the best, I strongly disagree with people that tells them right in their faces that what they did was not good or just a bad job. I don’t like to make people feel bad. And I don’t like to see people making feel other bad. I strongly dislike injustices. I believe that everyone deserves and should be treated equally.

Now, on my educational side, this is my second semester in San Jose City College. I’m planning to get my AA degree in communications and then transfer to San Jose State University and go for my master’s degree in education with concentration in communication. For me, my short term goal that I have is to graduate from City College and in my long term goal is to graduate from San Jose State University.