Tuesday, August 30, 2011

World View Benefits, Arguments, and Reasons

            There are so many different benefits to drafting our papers with out world views leading our thought processes. They could help make our papers better; to give our opinions on the things we believe and see. If anything, it would help the teachers and professors to understand what kinds of views the students have, and possibly open them up to new ideas. They could use these views as examples for other prompts in different classes, or uses the papers as readings for the students. These sorts of things could help the students get used to writing about world views and then the professors could begin to open them up to new ideas and views.

            Bizzel is right to the extent that academic world views and world views cannot coexist together. Sure, the students know their world views from younger ages, but they do need to move up in their views. Getting new ideas and learning about what is going on in this day and this time is still a good thing. We students cannot just focus on the past and what we learned back then. We need to be opened up to other bigger views.
            Then again, students should keep their old world views during and after college to have a history of what they believe and know. It could be useful when writing a term paper or when having an intellectual conversation with someone who may have the same views or would like to be informed of someone else’s perspective. Students should also keep the new world views and the old ones too and not forget what was before and it could someday help them in the future when analyzing their new world views.

Thursday, August 25, 2011

My Bio

My name is Aimee LeBlanc. I'm an anthropology major. I am from Lafayette originally and because of my family, I was nomadic for a while, so I have lived lots of places in south LA. I currently live in Sunset with my boyfriend and his parents due to certain circumstances that went on this past summer. So far its been pie for me. My mom attended UL when she was younger and she had the exact same professor in Anthropology as I do now, Professor Cring. He's really cool and ADD--just like me. I don't talk to my dad. He's been MIA for the last ten years of my life. I work at Mr. Gattis in Opelousas as an assistant manager and I intend to remain there throughout college. Yes, the gas is unbelieveable, but every day is worth the drive (despite the drama). Spare time is not a good thing for me to have. Ever. I'll either clean the whole house or I'll sleep my day away until it is time for school or work. I love just about all music. But no Reggae and Bluegrass or Opera. That stuff just puts me to sleep or gives me a headache. I'll eat just about anything you put on a plate, but that does not include brussel sprouts, mustard greens, collard greens or eggplant in its simplest form. Nope. Not gonna happen. I'm a random person. Yes I can be a little strange but that is one of my best qualities. I'm honestly hoping to improve in writing stuff in general, so I pray to get the most out of this class. Papers aren't my thing, but I'll get over it eventually.