Should I Or Should I Not?

Prospective English 1101-24 students, listen up! You’re most likely wondering about this course and how it might be.  You want to know if it’s hard, easy, stressful, and enjoyable. Let me tell you some useful information that will help you in your decision making process. Take the class!  You should take this class because the instructor is great, the material is challenging, and you will gain a new understanding of yourself and the world around you.

A huge influence on students taking a course is the professor’s reviews. Let me tell you that professor Arrington is a great instructor. She is always energetic, funny, and full of surprises. She makes the learning environment a fun place to be. I enjoy going to class every morning, yes morning. I wake up every day at 6:30 just to get ready for her class. I don’t have that regretful feeling about the class like I have for others. She makes it one of her duties to make the classroom a comfortable place to be. I enjoy the fact that she tries to connect with her students instead of looking at us as investments. She really cares about her students, and she will care about you.

Another factor in class choosing is the work material and if it is challenging or not. Well students, its college. The work in college is meant to be hard, so get over that burden. The good thing about Professor Arrington’s class is the fact that you want to challenge yourself. The work is just a tool used to better ourselves, and it’s used in that manner. Some teachers assign work that is only meant to be challenging because its college work, but this isn’t the case in this class. The work is challenging in a sense that makes you want to do better because you want Professor Arrington to be proud of you.

Now I’m not kidding when I say you will gain a new understanding from this class. This class isn’t a class that you will complete and feel that it was unnecessary. I was forced to look at different situations in my life and the world in a different way. I had to face different perceptions in my life that I had, and I had to question them. Not only did I question them, I had to confront them and test them. After doing so I understood the true meaning of my perceptions, and I had to let them go. I had to choose to change a part of myself because it was wrong. I wouldn’t have learned these things about myself if I didn’t take this class.

This course is a course that challenges you mentally and physically. You will need to stay focused, be attentive, and be open minded and accepting to change. This isn’t a course for the light minded. You will learn a lot about English, and you will learn a lot about yourself. So “when” you choose to take this course, be ready for an adventure, because you will go on one- it just depends on how you see the word “adventure” and what an adventure is to you, good luck.

FAIL! How I "wish" it turned out, but it didn't....

Failure!!!

For my original adventure I was going to visit a number of different nursing homes to see how each individual is treated on a personal state. I was going to see how they got to this nursing home, and how they feel mentally about being there. Sadly, while planning for this adventure, I seemed to get  the feeling that it wasn't an adventure at all! Fail! I feel that this so called "adventure" was more so an experiment! that it was more of me doing a test or a new experience. That realization caused me to hit rock bottom. Now I'm facing a huge obstacle, I DON'T HAVE AN ADVENTURE ! Now I'm a point one in this whole project. But there is always hope.

I get this feeling that trying to find an adventure, the test a trial, its more of an adventure that the original adventure itself. Wow, this whole precess is killing my brain. And then it hits me! Iv been dealing with a "psychological adventure" the whole time. I now am faced with the fact that I don't have an adventure, which makes me feel uncomfortable and it takes me out of my comfort zone. I get uneasy when I am pressured with time. I don't like having to do thimgs on a spare of the notice. It makes me afraid to have a deadline, in which that is the fearful or risky part. So, the process of finding an adventure is a scenes was my adventure. But a part of this project that makes me a little worried is the finding the adventure that fits my definition part. If I am trying to find an adventure, doesn't that take away the "adventure" part?

An "Insightful Adventure"

An "Insightful Adventure" is an experience or journey taken that is out of the ordinary and out of your comfort zone, gain knowledge of the unknown, and confront a challenge.

• I am going to visit an Insane Salem. This is an adventure to me because I've never been to one, and its going to be a new experience for me. It’s going to be a different for me because there are a lot of procedures that have to be taken before you enter for your safety and the confidentiality of the patients. I don’t really go visit other places, especially those with people who are psychologically unstable. I’m excited on the other hand because being out of my comfort zone will allow me to adapt to other situations that I might not be accustomed to.

•  I’m going to gain a lot of knowledge (insight) from this adventure. First off all, Schizophrenia runs in my family and I have to cousins who have this disorder, and they are very much misunderstood. I'll be able to interact with those who are labeled as "crazy", and develop my own opinion about them. Also I'll be able to see them in face to face contact instead of listening to a documentary or doctor. Being there will allow me to gain hands on knowledge about there situation/disorder that would go unknown otherwise. I’m going to be able to understand more in dept with psychological disorders that I didn’t know or understand at first.

• This visit is on the other hand, going to be a big challenge for me physically and mentally. Physically it’s a challenge for me because its very hand for me to see people confined to one area (despite if it’s for their safety or mine). Being stuck in an area for a long period of time would make me go crazy! Mentally it’s a challenge because I’ll be seeing two of my very own family members there. I can’t image how they might feel there. The thought of them thinking that I abandoned them and left them to die scares me the most. To go there and see them face to face will force me to confront that fear.

 How Am I Going to Prepare?

1. Im going to get all the documentation that will be needed.
2. Get the directions to the Institution.
3. Get transpertation for the visit.
4. Call the Institution and schedual the visit.

How Am I going To Plann the visit?

1. I must call the institution.
2. Get permission to come.
3. Inform others about my motive of the visitation.

When will this take place?

• September 21st at 3:30pm.

How will I document my adventure?

• I am not allowed to take photoes of the patients, but I plan on "interviewing" the patients and getting their stories.
• Also I plan on asking the docters about the different psychological disorders that the patients may have and record them.

My Personal Adventure

An adventure is a task undertaken that tests yourself not only physically, but emotionally/mentally in a manner that is unknown, challenging, and insightful to the individual.

On the 9th of June,2009, my family and I made a decision that we believe God placed on our hearts. We accepted the task of being temp. missionaries for God.His purpose in our lives was unknown, but we moved anyways. We were relocated to La,Ca on the 12th of June to a mega church called Angelic Temple. We were given the chance to confess the love of Jesus Christ to those who wern't saved.This was an adventure to me because I didn't know anyone, and the area was new to me. Also, many people arn't accepting to hearing the word of God because they feel that they are being judged. I had to battle with myself personally because I don't enjoy speaking in front of others. I am a very shy person, and the subject "religion" isn't widely  accepted. This shyness caused me to be very uncomfortable and it hindered me from talking to people. I was challenged to 'walk 'into the world and be a witness to them. To share my beliefs opened me up to regection from others, and that scared me the most. Doint this allowed me to overcome my fear of speaking about God, and it revealed to me that people are still accepting Christ into their lives. This increased my faith and allowed me to speak to others without fear. People who don't believe in God or even a creater won't find this situation as an adventure, but it is. The move challenged my physically, speaking about God  challenged me mentally and emotionally(fear), and the revolution that God is still working in the lives of others was insightfull. If you don't believe in God then he is not "real', hence he's not worth talking about. To those who do believe in God, you understand that it truely is an adventure and challenge to talk about Christ. But, the good this is that you understand the impact and importance of spreading the gospel to those who don't know him yet.