MCOM 3360 Jordan_Journal7 Sense of Place For me, sense of place and people without people were the most challenging assignments this semester, but it also allowed me to me creative. Aside from the photo story, this assignment allowed me to be original and open-minded. Remaining within the guidelines, I had the freedom to create completely my own vision. Although I listened and observed during the sense of place lecture, I was still unsure what to do. Afterwards, I reviewed the slides but I still did not have an idea. Simultaneously working on the photo story and work for other classes, I did not think about the sense of place or people without people assignment until the first critique. After seeing the first sense of place photos in class, I decided to do my sense of place photos on campus because UT Tyler has several monuments throughout campus. Other than capturing the bell tower — it had already done, I wanted to capture less prominent monuments. My vision was capture the sense of the campus for someone who has never attended UT Tyler. For the first image I captured photos of the tortoise monument by Harvey lake. I pass it everyday going to the library and never understood the reason why someone would design a tortoise statue. I though it would be a unique photo and include a secondary story. Next, I captured photos …show more content…
I wondered, how can I capture the essence of people without showing people? I thought it would be impossible to do. From my understanding, the only way to capture evidence of people is to include people. As I thought about it more, I realized there are several ways to capture people without people. My initial idea was to capture an empty classroom. Usually after a class, chairs are moved and writing is on the chalk board. I realize now these signs show the evidence of people previously in the room, but then I was unsure whether this photo depicted people without
PEOPLE: Who is in the picture? Investigate all aspects of the photograph. If no people are in the picture, use this space to research people who were involved in the events that took place in the location / time of your photograph.
The five senses include sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing. Sight is the power of seeing objects and people. To see we use our eyes, our eye is a sphere with a diameter of about 2.5 cm or 1 inch. Our eyes include the eyebrows, eyelids, conjunctiva, lacrimal apparatus, and extrinsic eye muscles. The eyelids are thin, skin covered folds supported by the connective tissue sheets called tarsal plates and are separated by the palpebral fissure and meet at medial and lateral angles of the eye. The eyelid muscle cause blinking every 3-7 seconds and when the objects get in your eye, the flexibility is activated to protect the eye. The eyelashes also protect the eye. Anything that touches the eyelashes is blown away because it will cause your eye to blink. The conjunctiva in our eyes is a mucous membrane; it helps to line the eyelids. The function of the conjunctiva is to produce a lubricating mucus that prevents the eyes from drying out. A conjunctival sac is where contact lens lies and occurs when the eyes are closed and a slit like space occurs. An inflammation of the conjunctiva is called conjunctivitis and happens when the eye get red and really irritated. The lacrimal apparatus in our eyes drains the lacrimal secretions into the nasal cavity. The lacrimal fluid in the eye cleans and protects eye as it moistens. The fluid contains mucous, antibodies, and lysosome. The extrinsic eye muscles originate and insert into outer surface of the eyeball. The extrinsic eye muscles allow the eye to follow a moving object and provide wires to maintain shape of eyeball and hold it in orbit. When movements of these muscles are not the same, a person cannot focus on images correctly and see two images instead. The eye is called an eyeball and ha...
A memorable monument is a historical structure that represents a significant person or event. They are designed to show the importance of either the person or event. Monuments are intended to last forever so the subject will never be forgotten to society. The factors that should be considered when creating a memorable monument are that the subject must be powerful and meaningful to society and the design should resemble the significance of the subject. These factors help communicate the magnitude of the individual or group’s sacrifice, as well as honor moments of great achievement in history.
The assignment I am most proud of so far in the semester is my common application essay. The essay required me to dig into a part of my past that is very emotional for me. Even though this was hard the final part of the essay highlighted my achievements and for that reason writing this essay gave me a sense of accomplishment in my journey. Writing is a beautiful thing that allows us to reflect on our lives or tell a story. Honestly before this class I’ve hated everything that has to do with reading, writing,and English. I’m still not overly fond of reading or English because I don’t excel at it but, writing is becoming more appealing to
During my first semester of college, I felt like this course overshadowed all the others. I faced many challenges, gained better habits, and even increased the value of myself as a scholar. Not only did my professor provide her students with the course material she built a confidence inside of us that will allow us to be able to tackle any task, especially pertaining to any written compositions. The things that I have learned from this course could and will be applied to any and everything I do from here on out, whether that writing an essay or even taking a test. Again, the journey was long, but I will be forever grateful for the things that I, and all of my peers have gained from this
What is Social Location? Social Location is looked upon by sociologists as a way to find reasoning in why people think and behave the way that they do. For example, a person who has grown up in a healthy, clean, and stable environment will most likely has a different, more positive point of view rather than someone who has grown up in a poor, unkempt, and unstable environment. Perspective plays a big role in how a person sees the way they should live and behave in the world. The things that you have experienced in your life up until now affects your thinking and ambition towards the world around us.
Through the semester of Winter 2016, I was assigned many essays, reflections, projects and journals. These are artifacts that demonstrate my growth in my course learning outcomes. The
This fall semester of 2014 has been an interesting and learning experience for myself. I haven’t attend school in nearly a decade and was unsure of what to expect from my teachers and myself. I would have to say being in Professor Dybala’s English 1302 to start my school day is interesting. She is an energetic professor and I’m able to feel her passion for teaching and that motivate me to try my best in her class as the rest of my classes. I was driven to do the best of my ability and whatever the outcome might be, I know I did my best.
landmarks along the way such as a miniature lighthouse and a totem pole. We even found a cool bridge Wendy just had to stop and do some yoga on. I didn’t get that but it made for some cool shots!
Some of the difficulties and challenges I faced in the classroom were regular everyday occurrences. The first aspect of college life I had trouble adjusting to was be...
When we were first given this assignment I had not put much consideration into it. I thought we were to ask a couple of questions, it would all work itself out and I would be done. But this was not the case. The thought and reflection put into interview questions really surprised me. There was far more factors other than the questions you were asking, because you were also dealing with people, people who are giving you there free time, their attention and opening themselves up to you a stranger, so there were far more responsibilities then what were initially at hand.
This assignment was worthwhile for me because after completing this assignment I now realize how I can be successful in college. However, the only problem for me now is to apply these “precautions” into my daily routine. One problem I had with this assignment was starting it. Whenever I write, I always have problems brainstorming my
The concept that we discussed throughout the semester that was most surprising to me was that of meditation. Coming into this class, I had a biased view of meditation. As a senior in high school, one of my teachers used to make us meditate every Friday for an hour during her class. As seniors, stressed about college applications and lack of sleep, we all thought that this was the perfect opportunity to take a nap during the school day. From my experiences with meditation in that class, I really didn’t believe that meditation was helpful in any way or served a purpose. After taking this class, however, I now understand that meditation is more than just sitting in one position for long periods of time.
I think that, these kinds of places are meaningful to people because they are natural and people can be there alone, away from their everyday life.
My first day at college had a great meaning to me. It was the beginning of my dream to go to college and to pursue a higher education.I had so many emotions running trough me , it was the first time being in this level and the first time paying for education myself. I always wanted to be a college student, a serious student who would decide what to be in her life. The first day at Truman College was on August 25th, 2005. The first year of my freshman year and Fall semester. That day I had so many things on my mind, from what I was going to wear to figure out where the class number and the floor it would be located at. It was actually a day full of new experiences. I had just turned 28 years old. By the time I had a full-time job in downtown, which I had to go after school. I had to find the time to study and to do homework, specially after class meetings, I was exited and scared at the same time. I noticed that the class was not the same versus the ESL and GED classes that I took at Truman. Although, it was the one I wanted to take, I was nervous because I didn’t know what to expect. However, I was impressed to see a wide diversity of student from other countries and I thought that the class would be very interesting by meeting new people. The purpose of this essay is to tell the main experiences about being in college for the first time.