Extra Credit (remaining 4)

7. For this extra credit assigment, I located 3 videos on www.youtube.com that related to my project 2 research paper:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWg6IafmsVc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKE3NzEwltU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykd-syzZ4ZY

These three videos deal with the prospects of mass suffering (Virgina Tech), indifference to suffering on a mass scale (comparision between response time by governments, especially hurricane Katrina) and a personal response to a question of indifference towards suffering (Iraning president on Holocaust). From this excercise, I learned how to relate my research paper to actual events in the media, where these issues were raised and also found new events to relate my research to. I think others should do this because it helps to find actual events that can help readers understand the paper better and relate to the topic.

14. For this extra credit assignment, I went onto www.100000monkeys.com and posted the start to my own story by sigining up and adding a snippet. I think this excercise was fun and also educational in a way because now other people could complete the story that I began. It seemed very close to how our lives are changed when we interact with others, even on a small basis. Everyone adds a touch of their own flavor and their own story to our life and in the end, we each have a unique story of our own. I think others should do this because it looks lik a new form of writing and it is also fun to complete someone else's story as well as start your own.

http://www.1000000monkeys.com/snippet.html?branch=12125

8. For this extra credit assignment, I emailed Christoper Vogler and discussed his text, which we used in class for this semester. I was able to analyze the text as an academic resource and then writing a informative email to the author. I think others should do this assignment because it gives them a chance to view their texts as academic scholars and give the author good feedback on their material.

11. For this extra credit assginment, I submitted a peice of my writing (reflective paper from QFM) to the triton newspaper through my email. This assignment was a little stressful because I had to choose a peice that was well written and then revise that piece a lot, before I submitted it. I think others should do this excercise because it provides them with an opportunity to review their writing pieces in much more detail.

DONE!!