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Thursday, June 3, 2010
Table Of Conents
Loving your dog is a community
There are many things that bring all kinds of people together to build communities. One example of a community is the world of dog lovers. This group can be considered a community because, dog lovers do many activities with other dog people. They go to dog parks, pet stores, hikes, dog shows, and many more. This group stays together because they all have the love for their dogs in common. Almost all dog lovers will have pictures of there dogs with them at all times and be more than willing to tell you all about there dogs whether you want them to or not. All the people in the dog lovers community all share the love they have for their canine companions, they have a need to spend as much time with or talking about the dogs as possible, as well as most dog people have strong feelings againsts things such as animal abuse, dog fights, and so on. The difficulties that this community faces is; that not everyone is a dog lover so some people will commplain about them having their pets with them in public places. Also another difficulty may be that there are not enough dog parks or dog friendly apartments, or homes for rent. As a dog lover myself I know it is difficult to find somewhere to rent because I own a dog that is over 25 pounds. But for the most part I dont feel like there are too difficulties when you are part of this community.
I chose to write about the dog lover community because I am very much in love with my dog as well. I have a siberian husky wolf hybrid named Sierra. She will be 2 years old on the 4th of July. She is my life, the best part of my day is curling up on the couch with her. This is a community that I want to be apart of because dog people are almost always very friendly and open people. You will find people from every end of the spectum in this community and they can all relate because they all have a great love for their furry canine friends.
I chose to write about the dog lover community because I am very much in love with my dog as well. I have a siberian husky wolf hybrid named Sierra. She will be 2 years old on the 4th of July. She is my life, the best part of my day is curling up on the couch with her. This is a community that I want to be apart of because dog people are almost always very friendly and open people. You will find people from every end of the spectum in this community and they can all relate because they all have a great love for their furry canine friends.
Writers Choice
For my choice piece I chose to use one of my blog posts. The blog post I chose is the one with the topic of different communities. I chose this because I wrote about being in the dog lover community. I may self have a dog whom I spoil rotten and take every where. So because I am a member of the dog lover community it was the most fun for me to write and I had the most passion for the topic.
How communities create individuals
All people are unique; they all have different interests and hobbies that help make them who they are and what they are known for. Sometimes people will gather in groups with others who share the same interests or hobbies as they do; these groups can all be considered small communities. Some examples of what some of these communities are sports team, people of the same ethnic background, people with body art and piercings, animal lovers, people who share the same religion and many more. Communities give people a sense of self-identity and the opportunity to be around people with the same interests or hobbies.
There are all kinds of communities in the world; you have your sports communities, religion communities, and the list goes on. One community that has both negative and positive effects on the people apart of it is the body art community, otherwise known as the tattooed and pierced people of the world. One of the positives of being a member of the body art community is that you are free to express yourself in an artistic manner. Some people get words or quotes that are encouraging, or very meaning full tattooed on them. Others get portraits of loved ones or pets that have pasted, or that have made a big impact on their lives. Then there are the ones who just enjoy the art factor of tattoos and get paintings, Chinese art, tribal art, and any other forms of art that the like. The positive about piercings is similar to the ones for tattoos. There are hundreds of different places and ways to get pierced, as well as many reasons. Some people get them for personal pleasure, appearance, and then there are the ones who do it because they enjoy the pain. Some of the most common piercings you see are ears, nose, lip, tongue, belly buttons, and eye brows. Recently people have started getting surface and dermal piercings; these are more rare and individual than the more common piercings. In the article The Amish Charter, by John A. Hostler; it talks about how the members of the Amish communities are not allowed to wear bright colors, they are all suppose to wear plain black clothing. And it cannot be reviling at all. So a benefit of being in the body art community is that you have the right to dress however you want, as well as have whatever you want tattooed or pierced. Those are just a very positives to being a member of the body are community.
One of the negatives of being a member of this community is that it is a fairly expensive hobby to have. Most tattoos cost between 100 and 1000 dollars; it all depends on the size, detail, and whether you get it done in color or black and grey. Another negative part of having tattoos and piercings is that some people look down upon you just because of your appearance. It can also make it very difficult to get a job. A lot of people think that if you have tattoos you are going to be rebellious, unclean, or even a fugitive. The reason people have these impressions is because bikers, gang members, and people in prison all seem to have tattoos and tend to be more on the rebellious and unreliable. But what you don’t see is how people in China have been getting tattooed for many years, and it is for religious reasons not to because they want to be rebels. My step dad used to have a lot of facial piercings, and in my interview with him he stated that before he removed his piercings it was hard for him to get a job, he was started at, and many people avoided him because of the way he looked and what they assumed.
So again there are many kinds of communities in the world that unite all types of different people. There are also many negative and positive effects to being involved in a community. The benefits are that you can express yourself the way you want and be a true individual. A negative is that people who are not a part of your community might look down on you because your interests, style, or opinions are opposite of theirs.
There are all kinds of communities in the world; you have your sports communities, religion communities, and the list goes on. One community that has both negative and positive effects on the people apart of it is the body art community, otherwise known as the tattooed and pierced people of the world. One of the positives of being a member of the body art community is that you are free to express yourself in an artistic manner. Some people get words or quotes that are encouraging, or very meaning full tattooed on them. Others get portraits of loved ones or pets that have pasted, or that have made a big impact on their lives. Then there are the ones who just enjoy the art factor of tattoos and get paintings, Chinese art, tribal art, and any other forms of art that the like. The positive about piercings is similar to the ones for tattoos. There are hundreds of different places and ways to get pierced, as well as many reasons. Some people get them for personal pleasure, appearance, and then there are the ones who do it because they enjoy the pain. Some of the most common piercings you see are ears, nose, lip, tongue, belly buttons, and eye brows. Recently people have started getting surface and dermal piercings; these are more rare and individual than the more common piercings. In the article The Amish Charter, by John A. Hostler; it talks about how the members of the Amish communities are not allowed to wear bright colors, they are all suppose to wear plain black clothing. And it cannot be reviling at all. So a benefit of being in the body art community is that you have the right to dress however you want, as well as have whatever you want tattooed or pierced. Those are just a very positives to being a member of the body are community.
One of the negatives of being a member of this community is that it is a fairly expensive hobby to have. Most tattoos cost between 100 and 1000 dollars; it all depends on the size, detail, and whether you get it done in color or black and grey. Another negative part of having tattoos and piercings is that some people look down upon you just because of your appearance. It can also make it very difficult to get a job. A lot of people think that if you have tattoos you are going to be rebellious, unclean, or even a fugitive. The reason people have these impressions is because bikers, gang members, and people in prison all seem to have tattoos and tend to be more on the rebellious and unreliable. But what you don’t see is how people in China have been getting tattooed for many years, and it is for religious reasons not to because they want to be rebels. My step dad used to have a lot of facial piercings, and in my interview with him he stated that before he removed his piercings it was hard for him to get a job, he was started at, and many people avoided him because of the way he looked and what they assumed.
So again there are many kinds of communities in the world that unite all types of different people. There are also many negative and positive effects to being involved in a community. The benefits are that you can express yourself the way you want and be a true individual. A negative is that people who are not a part of your community might look down on you because your interests, style, or opinions are opposite of theirs.
Awareness of Audience
To show my writing for an audience skills I chose to use the second essay that was assigned. This essay was about the different communities that affect you and the people around you. I chose to write about the tattoo and pierced community. I feel that I did a good job of writing to the audience becasue I used language that was relateable and made sure to use good explinations of the ideas I was writing about. Over all I feel like this paper was the most reader friendly than any of the other papers I wrote.
Challenged Traditions
The world is full of tradition, holidays, family events, food, communication, beliefs, and celebrations. Some traditions effect people on a daily basis and others only come around once a year. There are traditions for the children and traditions for the adults in the world; no one is left out when it comes to traditions. In order to really understand traditions you need to know what a tradition is, the definition of a tradition is; “The passing down of elements of a culture from generation to generation.”
One tradition that seems to stick out to me is Christmas. This is a tradition that has many different meanings to the many people who celebrate it. The most common reason for people to celebrate Christmas is their religious beliefs. It is said that Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Christ. Then there are the people who are not very religious or not religious at all who celebrate Christmas because it is a chance to get together with their family and exchange gifts. Then there are also people who do not celebrate the holiday at all because it is against their beliefs. Due to the fact that there are so many different reasons people celebrate Christmas sometimes confrontation and disagreements arise around Christmas time.
Christmas may have started out as a reason to celebrate the birth of Christ, but it has become an excuse to shower our loved ones with presents. Many other changes have also been made. A new part of the tradition is to decorate your house with colorful lights and to bring a tree into your home and decorate it with lights and ornaments. Another change that had been added to this holiday is the sales on the malls and stores across the nation. Business have learned that because of the vast number of people out buying gifts for their loved ones, that if they have great sales going on they will make a pretty penny. This shows that instead of being celebrated for the original purpose Christmas in now being celebrated as a reason to spend and make money as well as to shower the ones we love with gifts.
These changes have caused some controversy in the religious communities. Some people are upset by the way that Christmas is now being celebrated. They believe that many boundaries have been broken. The definition of Christmas is, “A Christian feast commemorating the birth of Jesus.” This is not how the majorities of the people in the nation celebrate it. They still have a large meal with their families, but the topic of the evening is not normal the birth of Christ. The dinner of discussion is all about work, school, gifts, money, pretty much anything but the birth of Christ. Sometimes this can cause people to be very offended and hurt by the way that their holiday is celebrated because they feel it is part of their identity.
So in conclusion there are many different traditions in the world, many of them are celebrated across the nation. Others are traditions that are celebrated only with in a family or group of friends. The definition of a tradition is, “The passing down of elements of a culture from generation to generation.” So anything that is past down from one generation to the next can be considered a tradition. Christmas is one of the most celebrated and most changed traditions celebrated by people acroos the nation. Many aspects of the holiday have been changed to make it more appealing to children and to make it more profitable.
One tradition that seems to stick out to me is Christmas. This is a tradition that has many different meanings to the many people who celebrate it. The most common reason for people to celebrate Christmas is their religious beliefs. It is said that Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Christ. Then there are the people who are not very religious or not religious at all who celebrate Christmas because it is a chance to get together with their family and exchange gifts. Then there are also people who do not celebrate the holiday at all because it is against their beliefs. Due to the fact that there are so many different reasons people celebrate Christmas sometimes confrontation and disagreements arise around Christmas time.
Christmas may have started out as a reason to celebrate the birth of Christ, but it has become an excuse to shower our loved ones with presents. Many other changes have also been made. A new part of the tradition is to decorate your house with colorful lights and to bring a tree into your home and decorate it with lights and ornaments. Another change that had been added to this holiday is the sales on the malls and stores across the nation. Business have learned that because of the vast number of people out buying gifts for their loved ones, that if they have great sales going on they will make a pretty penny. This shows that instead of being celebrated for the original purpose Christmas in now being celebrated as a reason to spend and make money as well as to shower the ones we love with gifts.
These changes have caused some controversy in the religious communities. Some people are upset by the way that Christmas is now being celebrated. They believe that many boundaries have been broken. The definition of Christmas is, “A Christian feast commemorating the birth of Jesus.” This is not how the majorities of the people in the nation celebrate it. They still have a large meal with their families, but the topic of the evening is not normal the birth of Christ. The dinner of discussion is all about work, school, gifts, money, pretty much anything but the birth of Christ. Sometimes this can cause people to be very offended and hurt by the way that their holiday is celebrated because they feel it is part of their identity.
So in conclusion there are many different traditions in the world, many of them are celebrated across the nation. Others are traditions that are celebrated only with in a family or group of friends. The definition of a tradition is, “The passing down of elements of a culture from generation to generation.” So anything that is past down from one generation to the next can be considered a tradition. Christmas is one of the most celebrated and most changed traditions celebrated by people acroos the nation. Many aspects of the holiday have been changed to make it more appealing to children and to make it more profitable.
Revision and Reseeing
To show my revising skills I chose to use the third essay we were assigned. This was the essay about how different traditions have been challenged. I had alot of things going on while I was writing this paper so I read over it mulitple times to ensure I found all my mistakes. The mistakes I did find were run on sentneces, misspelling, and sentences that just did not make sence. I did not have an outsider read it over for me, I normally would have. When you have someone else read over your work with fresh eyes they may spot things you had missed.
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