Cool Tyanna Tumbles

For those who take her lightly, she's a flower with thorns that has since made her untouchable.

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Blog #11

In this blog, I am going to to be speaking about about how I have developed through these past blogs and what I have learned from this semester. Going through my blogs I have noticed a few things that should be working on as a writer. It seems like I need to start reading more books and writing more. I would want my readers to understand the meaning in my writing without them reading my blog whether if it makes sense or not. Additionally, I am happy to know that my vocabulary has gotten a little bit better, since I had to go into a thesaurus almost every week to find synonyms for either complex words or words that come by a lot. I  also found love into writing/typing. At first I thought 400 words were a lot to do every week but now it feels pretty short and easy to do. If my professor told me I would have to right 4,400 words on tumblr, not including our projects. I would have been afraid to continue taking the course, but instead of it just making me feel depleted, it built me to become a writer. Stating that I feel like the message of our professor making us do all this including everything this semester is that she wanted us to use our voices. To show us how it feels to be heard, how it feel to listen, and how important it is to do so. For an example our discussion in class a few weeks ago about Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman”. We spoke about how Truth used her voice, which made me understand why we blog. It is an opinion but it makes sense from the reason why we do not just come together in class, discussing about our feelings and point of view. Despite the fact that I do not like social media and never wanted a tumblr, I understand that I learned to speak my mind. To peach and convince without hurting anyone’s beliefs or feelings. I have enjoyed these blogs to be honest. Rather me being to myself and suppressing my ideas, I shared my beliefs with other people. No matter if they agree with me or disagree, every opinion has a value. Overall, these exchanging blogs has been pretty cool, to know how others feel about specific topics. I have notice how differently people can think but agree on similar things.

[cooltyannatumbles-blog]

I agree with you when you say your vocabulary has gotten better. Writing is also something I love. It is somewhat therapeutic. It is something that takes a burden off of your shoulders. At first, I was a little scared about the blogging. I have never blogged before. I felt like people would judge my writing. What if it wasn’t good enough? Or what if everyone else writing was better than mine? Those were the main things that really worried me. I was shy when it came to people other than Marybeth and I reading my writing. This class was a pretty chill class. I loved it and I wouldn’t advise anyone to drop it. 

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Blog #11

Over this past semester, I realize that my work never changed. I noticed that I started to write basically to reach the word count on many of my compositions. I had the thought in my mind that my work would not change because of the mindset that I had coming into this semester. I felt that I did not have to change the way that I do my work because it always got me through in school. 

Writing this blog helped me not be so serious while writing and add little jokes or sarcasm to make my readers laugh in certain situations. I realized that after I read over my work this weekend and a lot of things I wrote, I did not notice the little things that made my writing funny to people. I feel like that is the best kind of writing because when you read papers that don’t have those parts that would make you chuckle ( depending on the topic) it can get boring which is not what authors want from the readers. 

My strengths as a blogger would have to be that, when people read my work most of the time they get a chuckle of it. I used to think that people don’t take me serious but I’m slowly starting to realize that even I can’t take myself serious. So if I can’t take myself serious in person, how could I want someone to take me serious in my writing. I started to accept that and accept the fact that my sarcasm is a part of me that I can’t escape. 

My work this semester could have improved if I actually tried to write what was on my mind and not just trying to meet the word count on my work. Most of the work that I did this semester, I got what I wanted to say out on paper within two-thirds of the required word count. After I got what I wanted to say out, then I started to add other topics not really needed but helped me stay on track with my writing. 

The part of my writing that I see me working on is trying to not have to add other topics not needed in my work. If I do not add those topics then I would be able to write better lengthy papers because I know how to. 

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I find that cool that you acknowledge your flaws but can view somethings as a strength overall. Not a lot of people can admit or find a problem within them. The writing you enjoy or feel passionate about can actually move people, since you put what you like into it, so stick with it. Everywhere you go in life there will be a lesson to learn from. It could be something stupid or something that you would really enjoy, but as you start to take things serious like you said there will be no limit to what you can learn.

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I believe you are the first person to admit your writing has not changed. I’m glad to know that you had an honest attitude towards the courses work that always makes things better. I wasn’t as fortunate because I was scared of the whole idea of other people being able to see my writing. Once I started to get feedback, I noticed that It was only to help my writing not hurt it. That is why I got so comfortable with it. I think most of us didn’t take the blogs seriously because the weren’t official papers that we had to write. Either way it goes I believe a grade is still a grade. Not giving your all to your blogs hurts you in the long run because people aren’t able to give you accurate feedback if you aren’t writing to the best  of your ability. 

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Views of Blogging

When I first started this semester I was pretty nervous when I read in the syllabus that I would need to complete a blog each week. I was nervous because I never blogged anything in my life, well at least I thought I haven’t. After composing blogs every week this semester, I realized how easy it is to blog when you know your audience. When I know my audience it makes it easier for me to word my blogs. I felt comfortable being able to discuss topics that I felt was a concern and to be able to speak freely in my blogs with no judgement. Blogging also made it easier for me to type and follow word count guidelines. I never really knew how easy it can be to come up with 400 words on a topic and now when I come across papers that need 1,000 plus words and it’s takes much less time now for me to come up with things to write about because I feel blogging gave me that practice. I can honestly say that I love what blogging has taught me and I believe it helped make me a better writer. I do know that after this semester it will be very difficult to keep up with the routine of typing so I would come up with some ways to help myself become an even better writer without using the blogs. If every professor required students to blog, I feel it would help students be able to compose essays and term papers better because they have been composing topics all semester. Blogging also helped with getting my mind to think. I have been able to think outside the box on certain things. Reading some of the others blogs, it gave me an idea of how others feel on the same issue but have completely different views that I have or someone else. I am happy that the blogs was able to help be have structure in my writings and to gain more confidence in writing as a whole. After blogging it has made a difference in my education because I have more confidence in writing papers for other classes that I’ll have in the future. Thank you :)

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When we first started I was nervous as well. I wasn’t too fond of the idea of other people being able to see my writing. I had no idea how to blog. I was for sure that I was going to fail this class. Having our peers give us feedback made it easier for me to develop as a writer. I was able to take all the feedback I got and turn my writing into something better. I agree with you when you say you love blogging, it’s a way to express yourself in ways you thought you couldn’t. The topics she gives us also helps us to try and think outside of the box. 

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Blogging Views

I feel that by me starting to blog it has helped me become a better writing. It has gave me more confidence in my work. I no longer have that feeling of oh I suck as a writer or it does not make any sense. Blogging has made me a very creative writer and I enjoyed the whole idea of it. I feel that I explain things way better. Than how I did when I first started and I find evidence to back it up.  But what I find funny the most is when she, said we were going to be blogging every week my first thought was oh this is going to be hard and lame. But after during it every week and getting comfortable I started to enjoy it. It gave me the chance to open up and let out what I was feeling. I learned how to write to an audience so they can relate to the subject and enjoy what I was writing about for that week. Being able to provide details and explaining my point better so people can understand what I am talking about. Grabbing the audience attention when they first start reading. So they know this is something worth reading so don’t pass it by. Blogging has changed me in so many ways that I am happy that I got from this. It created a person who is no longer shy anymore. It made my writing more stronger and made it easy for people to relate to it. It helped me focus on one subject instead of talking about everything in one blog. Showed me how others may feel about a topic that I might not agree with. I am so  grateful that blogging has helped me open up, but provide structure in my writing. All professor’s at Buffalo State College should have students blog every week because it really does make a difference. It makes you mind start working and think about other things that you find important. That is why I am going to continue to blog every week about issues that I think matter or when I am facing a hard time with something. To me blogging reminds me of a diary you can write about anything in the world and who cares if someone judge you. What they think does not matter at all. Blogging has brought so much confidence in my writing that  I have never seen before.

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I’m happy to hear that it helped you become a better writer. Everyone thought that it would be lame and boring but it turned out to actually be fun. It was more of a laid back class because you aren’t expected of much. I agree with you wen you say that in changed you in many ways. You aren’t use to anyone seeing your writing accept for you and the teacher so for everyone else to see it kind of opens you up when it comes to sharing your writing and opinions. I’m glad you enjoyed the class. 

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Blog #11

At the beginning of the semester, I thought my college writing class would be nothing but a lot of essay writing and reading. Luckily, our professor told us we would be posting on Tumblr about topics of either hers, or our choice. After she told us this information, I was the happiest person in the world. All I had to do was post on Tumblr to earn a grade. That’s what made me love my college writing class.

I have noticed that my writing has improved from posting on Tumblr. Reading the feedback my peers have given helped me a lot. It shows me what I am doing right. Not only does it tell me what’s right, it also tell me what needs fixing. As a blogger, my strengths are writing overall. I have learned that I am a very good writer. Something that I believe I can work on is being detailed and adding more information. I often have the mindset of less is more when it comes to writing and in some cases, that is not true.

Something I know I could have done better is remembering when to post my blogs. There a few blogs I missed. I missed these blogs because I thought I didn’t need a reminder to post them. Usually, I put out sticky notes on my desk and those notes would remind me to do my homework. Instead of just writing down my reminders, I tried to go off of my memory and that got me no where. In the beginning, I was really good with remembering the posts. Once the semester got close to ending, I kind of slipped away. Going through this experience has taught me to ALWAYS write down my homework even if it’s the simplest thing. Those are grades I could have easily earned and Instead, I received zeros because I wanted to ignore writing down my reminders. That is something I will never do again. Posting on Tumblr has been the best thing I’ve done in any of my classes so far. You realize that Marybeth doesn’t ask much of you. It is something you can do no matter where you are and that’s what makes it so convenient. Marybeth does not ask you to write about things that are impossible. Sometimes they’d be journals or they’d be controversial topics. In my opinion, I believe the topics are very interesting. This class was a very good class and I’d recommend every freshman to take it.

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BLOG #7

The idea of the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer is very controversial. I think of the three this is the best topic to discuss in class because not only will it give us an insight of everyone’s background but also this is a very important topic to discuss because it involves our future. Our generation only thinks about the present and not the future. What about our kids and grandkids? What about when we get older? Questions of those sort never seem to ponder kids of my generations mind. This topic could also bring us closer as a class, you get to figure out what kind of financial background everyone comes from. Also, you get to hear how people really think about money.

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I have never thought of this. I always think about my future and how I can ensure that I will be successful. I think it is a topic that we should discuss because it will bring a vast amount of questions to the table. I also feel like discussing this topic can teach us many things that we have no clue about. There are programs and things that help poor people but there are many of them including children that are still living on the streets struggling. I think it is a good idea to explore the different types of backgrounds and learn their struggles and styles of living. We could also discuss ways to try and this problem.

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Last March in Detroit, authorities made a terrible discovery in Mitchelle Blair’s house as she was being evicted. Inside a deep freeze they found the bodies of two of her children, Stoni (13) and Stephen (9).

Now Mitchelle has pleaded guilty to the murder of her children, and added that she didn’t feel any remorse “for the death of those demons.” She claimed that she killed them to protect her younger child, of 8 years old, that was being sexually abused by the two murdered kids.

Both Stoni and Stephen died from multiple blunt trauma. Mitchelle said she had intentionally killed Stoni and that Stephen’s death was an accident, but she would have been proud if it was intentional too.

“If I had the chance to do it again, I would,” she told the stunned judge. She also said she wanted to confess to show her younger child she wasn’t a coward, and that she didn’t care if she got a life sentence or the death penalty.

Her sentencing will be in July. Meanwhile, her two living children, the 8 year old and a 17 year old, are staying with relatives. Both show signs of abuse and several scars consistent with being hit with an electrical cord.

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Child Abuse and Molesting is a terrifying, disgusting activity that occurs throughout the United States and many other countries. Child Abuse and molesting are results from neglect. Which sometimes can come from the household or just even from the parenting skills. Another result that can happen when being abused or molested is serious injury that can possibly even cause death in some people. Most situation remain unknown due to the insecurity of not being sure if people will believe you. Most incidents aren’t heard of because there is no evidence or people chose to not let it be known. Mitchelle Blair was sentenced to prison for the murder of her two children who were molesting her youngest son. I believe that both the kids, stoni Ann, 14 and Stephen,9 and their mother, Mitchelle Blair were wrong. I don’t believe two wrongs make a right. I believe that kids learn new things everywhere whether it is at school, social media or things that go on in the house. For example: how would they know how to participate in these roles unless they’ve seen it somewhere.Mitchelle took it to a whole new level strangling her kids, suffocating them with plastic bags and also burning them. But I also thought the children were in the wrong too. They molested their 6 year old brother and physically abused him. The things they did to thing young boy are things no one would ever think about doing to their siblings. What was their reason behind all this torture? And also did she think her kids weren’t going to be affected about their dead sister being in the freezer for over a year? And then following the murder of her other son Stephen 9 months later? Do you believe that child molestation and child abuse are topics that should be talked about more in depth in the classrooms? And if yes, why?

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Reading this article breaks my heart. It is upsetting to know that people are willing to hurt their own children. Her children were wrong for treating their sibling the way they did. She was also wrong for taking the situation to far. When someone becomes a mother, they are making a promise to love, protect and care for their children no matter what it is they’ve done wrong. It is a mothers job to show her children what is wrong and what is right. There are many kids nowadays who are physically, mentally, and verbally abused. This topic should be discussed in class because I believe there is not enough done about it.

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There are two topics that I think we should discuss in class are hazing and police brutality. I think that  both these topics hit very close to home for people in the class. Since a large portion of the class is made up of African American I think that police brutality hits close to home for most of us. Either having experienced it personally or knowing someone who has experienced it (i.e. friend, roommate, or family member.) Police brutality is also a big topic that I know most if not all of the class has heard of or read about, so I know that they probably have interesting points of view on the topic. I think that we should discuss hazing because recently our campus has lost a member of our society due to the hazing process one of the organization participate in. I think that at one point in time everyone has thought about or looked into different organizations whether they are greek, sports or just for fun. And since all of these groups have some kind of hazing process I think our class can talk about how they feel about the tradition and how they think the incident with one of our fellow college members was handled in terms of punishment.

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I totally agree with the topics you chose. It’s actually sad that we’ve lost someone that belongs to our community to hazing. It is also sad to know that people can be so cruel. I feel that this hazing incident should be the example that is set for everyone. If people aren’t able to have clubs without doing things they aren’t supposed to, then those type of clubs should be banned. We’ve also lost many people to police brutality such as Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Sandra Bland, and many more. No one should ever have to go through such a tragedy and It sucks because no matter how hard we try, it seems as though there is nothing we can do. I definitely believe that these topics are worth spending time on in class . 

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Blog # 6

For a very long time, police officers have failed to protect citizens. There have been a plethora of cases where people are either being killed or not receiving justice for police brutality. Police brutality remains one of the most serious and hostile human rights violations in the United States. The brutal acts performed by the police officers violates our amendments.

Police brutality is when a police officer acts with excessive force that is unnecessary. Police officers have gotten above the law and are now able to abuse their powers as they wish. When an officer uses excessive force, they are violating the fifth and fourteenth amendments. The fifth amendment protects the rights of citizens by allowing them them the due processes of the law, and the fourteenth amendment guarantees citizenship, due process, and equal protection of law. This is a violation of the amendments because they are supposed to protect us under the law and they don’t. The police force does not protect us in many ways. Research has proven that the percentage of people getting killed by police officers has drastically increased.

It terrifies the citizens when they know that they have no control over the police abusing their power. Police officers should be the ones protecting the people from harm, not the ones doing harm. It is a police officer’s job to help the people when they are not able to help themselves. Often, when there has been a public report of police brutality, it causes the citizens to empathize and sympathize with the person who has been treated unfairly. The punishment of a crime is supposed to be decided by law not an individual.

Civil unrest involves violent or nonviolent disruption of social order. Civil unrest can also involve things such as protests or strikes. For example, , civil unrest occurred in a case in Ferguson, Missouri.  An 18 year old  boy who lived in Ferguson, named Michael Brown, was shot by officer Darren Wilson at least six times, including twice in the head. Brown was unarmed.

Citizens were upset over the shooting and many community leaders thought that the the officer involved with the shooting should be tried for manslaughter.  However, the outcome of this case was not very successful. The grand jury decided not to indict Officer Wilson. This caused a lot of dismay for the citizens of Ferguson. In order to protest the lack of justice receive justice for Michael Brown’s killing, the citizens of Ferguson decided to have a protest. The protest in Ferguson lasted four days. Not only did it last four days, there were also many people arrested. Police brutality can lead to civil unrest which causes more unnecessary forces used by police officers. The citizens will not stop protesting until something is done about the police officers brutal actions.

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What My Future Holds...

I am the first person in my family to go to college. The lasts person that went to college is my grandma. Everyone says I act exactly like her. My mom graduated high school and went straight to hair school. Hair is her passion. It’s very important to me that I finish college for many reasons. I want to be successful. I don’t want to be that person who lives off of check after check because they can’t afford bills. I want to make sure that I am okay. I want to make sure that I have not a thing in the world to worry about. I plan on having kids once I become successful. I also want to make sure they are okay just as well. I want them to have everything they need and them some. 

 I am going to try my hardest to past all my classes this semester. Last semester there were a lot of things keeping me from focusing on school. There is no way I shouldn’t have passed because the classes I had were very easy. Something I am going to do differently this year is focusing on school. Put school first basically. I also plan on studying as much as I can. It would be nice to just attend school and not work, but that isn’t an option for me. I am my own provider. I’ll cut down my hours, but I will not quit. I don’t go out as much. I know sometimes it nice to go out for a stress reliever, but I don’t believe I deserve to. There is no going out until my GPA is 3.5 or higher. Hopefully I achieve my goal. If not, I will just have to keep trying.

My plan is to pass the LSAT and graduate college with a bachelors degree.I then plan on passing the bar exam and attending law school. I have no idea which school I’d like too attend to yet.I know for sure I DO NOT want to stay in Buffalo. I’ve been here my whole life. I’m ready for a change. I’m ready for a new atmosphere. I plan on becoming a matrimonial and criminal lawyer. I chose those two kinds of lawyers because that’s the type of law I am interested in. 

I am so stressed about this semester. I just hope and pray I pass. This semester I don’t care whether I get a 2.0 or a 3.0 GPA. I just want to pass. Once I pass, I will then work on my 3.5 or higher.

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Blog Post of My choice

October 21, 2011 is the first day I was able to hold my baby in my hands. He was so little and tiny. I had no idea what to name him. My mom ended up naming him Kain. Kain is a Yorkshire Terrier who was shipped to us from Missouri. I had no idea my mom would get me a dog until she surprised me one day after leaving drill practice. Kain is my everything. When he was a puppy, I washed his face everyday with baby wipes. I also put clothes on him. He slept in my room every night. Having him around made my day so much better. He was the one thing that could turn my whole day around, if it was a shitty one. 

Once Kain got older, he stopped sleeping in my room. He even refused to wear his clothes. As Kain got older, my dad fed him everything. Kain eats peanut butter, hot dogs, bones, steak subs, and many more things he isn’t supposed to eat. He then started to gain weight.Although he is over weight, he still runs around everyday all day. He does anything he can to keep me busy. When I take him out to use the bathroom he lifts up his leg at every tree even if there isn’t any pee coming out. Talk about annoying...very. He does anything he can to keep me outside with him. 

Ever since my family moved out of town, I have missed Kain so much. I have not been able to see him that much. I wake up everyday missing him. I wonder what he’s doing. Kain is what actually motivates me to get on the road and see my family lol. I don’t get on the road for them. I just get on the road for Kain Sounds harsh doesn’t it? Soon as I reach Ohio, I drive as fast as I can just to get to my baby. I bust open the door and scream his name until I can hear him running to me. If Kain could live forever my life would be complete. 

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Throughout history, African American people have been known to change history in a vast amount of ways. Black History Month is a month dedicated to African American people who have changed history for a good cause. Black History Month is celebrated to acknowledge African American people like Robert L. Johnson, who is known as a businessman, media magnate, and philanthropist. Most of all, Johnson is greatly known for being the first African American billionaire who created the television channel Black Entertainment Television known as BET.

Robert L. Johnson was born in Hickory Mississippi on April 8,1946. Robert is the ninth child out of his 10 brother and sisters. Edna Johnson, his mother, was a school teacher and his father Archie Johnson was a farmer. Johnson graduated from Freeport High School as a honors student. In 1968, Johnson graduated from the University of Illinois with a bachelor’s degree in social studies. Johnson then married Shelia Johnson in 1969.  After attending University of Illinois, Johnson went to Princeton University where he received a master’s degree in 1972. Unfortunately after having two kids, Johnson and his wife divorced in 2001.

Shortly after graduating from Princeton, Johnson found a job in Washington, D.C.  serving as the public affairs director for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Johnson also worked as the director of communications for the Washington, D.C. office of the National Urban League. He even worked as a press secretary for Congressman Walter E. Fauntroy. Johnson then became the vice president of government relations at the National Cable and Television Association. After becoming vice president of government relations, Johnson launched Black Entertainment Television in 1980.

 Black Entertainment Television was the first television network to aim towards African Americans. Johnson remained BET CEO until 2006. In 2011, Johnson worked with Morgan Freeman to prepare for hurricanes in the Bahamas. In 2007, Johnson invested $30 million in the Liberia Enterprise Development Fund. This fund provides credit for Liberian entrepreneurs.

  Throughout history, African American people have been known to change history in a vast amount of ways. Robert L. Johnson changed history in many ways. Robert L. Johnson is a philanthropists who has a worked hard to dedicate a television network aimed towards African Americans. He also funded money for many organizations. Robert L. Johnson is not just any person. He is someone was has  changed history for African Americans in ways no one could ever imagine.

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I have never heard of Robert L. Johnson until today and it does seem irritating that he hasn’t received the credit he deserves. It is moving to me that someone who has gained a huge amount of money would do good for people in need by donating that huge amount of money to causes that can help people. The author’s facts about him are very informational, but I feel as though some facts such as his marriage are not needed to help portray him as a strong African American individual that has made an impact within the community.

What is written sounds extremely fluid, organized, and neat even though the ending paragraph does seem a little choppy because of how the author restated what their main topic was. I do think it was a nice blog though and I really enjoyed reading it!

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I also feel the same about the donations he has made. I think it’s nice of him to donate money to people who actually need it. I have no idea why I added the facts about him being married. I think I was trying to give more of a biography rather than making my post about his accomplishments. I honestly feel like I could of talked a little more about how his accomplishments has has impacted African American people.  I’ll definitely use your advice for next time. 

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Peer Review

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This is my mom and I on the day of prom, we look so happy right? This was probably a nightmare in disguised. This had been my third high school, and I wasn’t excited for “senior activities” because I wasn’t with who I had originally embarked on my high school journey with. I didn’t want to go to prom but being that my mother got pregnant with me her senior year, she never got the chance to go to hers. So to please her I went and I let her handle EVERYTHING. My mom was supposed to do my hair the night before but of course with her procrastination it didn’t get done until three in the afternoon, the day of prom. Prom started at seven. My hair still wasn’t curled, my makeup wasn’t done, my nails weren’t done, and I didn’t have my dress nor shoes. While doing my hair and nails, my mother was supposed to get my shoes from the mall and she forgot. Now it’s seven o’clock and were driving from Brooklyn to Long Island to pick up this dress which my dress maker messed up two days before my prom. My dress maker was a rude, and a prick. I didn’t even like my dress to be totally honest. Two days prior she asked me which color Teal or the color you see above, I’m not much of a girly girl so the darker the better in my eyes. Guess which color she decided to do my dress? Teal, regardless of the fact I specifically asked her for NAVY! Upset, I told her she had to do it over and she had to make a dress that originally took weeks to make in two days, boy was she mad but it was her fault. After picking up my dress, and going back home the time now was around eight maybe seven forty-five. When I finally arrive back to my house, I was surprised. My date was standing there fully dressed, with our family and friends and I hadn’t even showered yet. I ran upstairs to get my makeup done, I had to shower but my hair and makeup were done so, my mother such in “mom mode “she offered to bathe me, that annoyed me . Now I’m dressed and ready to go, my mother wants to me to take millions of pictures with everyone. I got so frustrated I just left. I told my date I was leaving picked my bag up, stormed out and in an attempt to walk down the stairs, my heel got caught in my dress and I went tumbling down around maybe 5 steps, everyone heard it I still got up and made my way to prom.

[cooltyannatumbles-blog]

This has got to be the most funniest post I’ve read. I thought my prom was horrible, yours was almost 10 times worse. I love the picture. I think the dress is gorgeous. I love the way you added exclamation points and question marks. It actually sounds like you're telling a story. The funniest part is how your mom offers to bathe you. I think that is hilarious. I think your mom was the person that made it all work she made sure you were okay which was great. I hope you enjoyed prom. After all, you went through all that trouble. lol

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Bullying Sucks

A few years ago, when I was in fourth grade my mother had decided to send me to a boarding school. This decision was made to make me a more independent child and more responsible. The boarding school I attended was Good Shepherd International School in Ooty, a small hill station in South India. My first day at the boarding school wasn’t as pleasant as I thought it would be since I was going to be away from my parents and at that age it wasn’t something I was prepared for. As soon as my parents left, I didn’t quit realize the distance but as soon as I went for my first meal and ate a meal from the school, I realized that everything has changed. I started missing my parents to an extent where I cried myself to sleep at night. I hated them for doing this to me. To me, this decision taken by them wasn’t appreciated. It was rather a prison to me because I had no friends; no one to let my feelings out to or even have a conversation with. Then, things got worse. The bullying began the first day of my classes. As soon as I walked into my class a dictionary was resting on top of the door and as I opened the door, the dictionary feel on my head and all the students in the class started laughing at me. This obviously made me embarrassed and gave rise to anger. Being a new student I didn’t know what to do, so I just let it slide. We all know anger doesn’t go away, it stays with us and every time we think about the situation it flares up. My anger was the same, it didn’t seem to vanish but every time I thought about the situation it would just change my mood. Bullying influenced me to get stronger mentally and physically and to also stand up for myself. I got back at all of the kids who bullied me. I made the all the kids in my grade turn on them, probably was not the best way to handle that situation but bullying made me so angry. After fulfilling my plans to get back at those who wronged me I learned to stand strong, to speak up and defend myself. I no longer allow anyone to bully me or disrespect me.

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Bullying has always been a touchy subject. Many people have lost their lives due to bullying. No matter how serious or far it is taken, bullying is bullying and it shouldn’t be taken so lightly. I have never been bullied, but my younger sister has. It started the beginning of this school year for her. My little sister is very reckless. She’s a fire cracker, so it took me by surprise. I’ve also watched someone get bullied before. Knowing that bullying someone is wrong, I had no choice but to step in. I’m glad you were able to find your strength because no one deserves that no matter how funny it is.

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This is Me :)

Who am I? I’m Darylynn also known as Dee. This is just a little insight of myself. I have a 5-year-old son and his name is De’Mere. I adore him so much and he’s the biggest reason why I am back in school. I want to be able to lead by example and I want my son to be able to be proud of me. I been out of school for about 6 years now and I’m not going to lie, it was not easy coming back. I just felt like I was getting old so fast and I’m not where I want to be in life. Sometimes I still don’t know what I want to do with myself but what I do know is that I want to be successful and happy. That doesn’t necessarily mean I want to live in a huge mansion making 100K a year (even though that’ll be nice) but to be financially stable and living comfortably. I want to have the satisfaction of waking up every morning knowing that everything is ok and that me and De’Mere have no worries. Being able to provide for your child feels great and I want to always be able to provide for him. I come from a family that values education and believes that going to school and obtaining tons of degrees is the way life is supposed to be. At first I was against it. I always tried to take the easy way out and try to find jobs that would pay me a reasonable amount of money with just my Associate’s degree. Sadly, many places today only look at that degree as a high school diploma. I found myself stuck, especially seeing those who I graduated high school with obtaining higher positions but the difference is they pursued their education. Most importantly, they’re not working two jobs to make ends meet. I realized that in order to give my son the life I always wanted to have, I need to go to school. Here I am, trying to make something of myself and trying to be “someone”. I strive and make most of my decisions based on the thoughts of my child. One thing about being a parent is that I always have to consider someone else. Everything I do and every decision I make I always have to consider the outcome of my son. Going back to school has actually made me feel better about life. I’ve been so happy! Just the thought of knowing that I’m on the path to something great makes me have an even greater purpose. And to know it’s for the better for me and De’Mere makes my journey that much better.

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One thing that makes me love this post is the passion you have for your son. It’s clear how much you love him. I love how you explain that fact that you want to succeed in order to ensure that he will be okay. I also love his name. I think it’s absolutely adorable. It is very rare for people to have kids and go back to school. Some think it’s almost impossible. Going to school and raising a child must be the most tiring and frustrating things in the world. DON’T give up. De’mere will benefit greatly from your choices. 

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                                               WALTER BRYANT

His name was Walter Bryant he was my granddad he was very sick. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2015. It was the most crazies and stressful year for my family seeing him change right in front of us. Ever since I was a baby we was always around my granddad at the car shop, parties , or his house. I have so many memories of him like him walking around with his Florida hat on , jean jacket, blue jeans, toothpick in his mouth, and him chewing a pack of juicy fruit gum. Or his favorite pop which was orange pop and he loved honey buns my granddad loved sweets. He was the man in cards the best spades player you would ever go up against. Lets not forget about his playlist he loved him some Marvin Gaye, Earth, Wind & Fire, Soul Food, Stevie Wonder, and so many more he loved. His favorite basketball team was the Lakers he loved him some Kobe Bryant. His favorite shows to watch was Jerry Springer and Sports Center. He had a favorite saying he would always say girl and go from their. I’ll never forget these things about my granddaddy they just mean so much to me. With all that happened and how it happen so fast how he forget who we were and himself.  That’s why I hold on to these memories about him. He forgot them, but I’ll never forget them because my granddaddy was my friend and granddaddy. The hardest part for me was just seeing him changed how he forgot how to walk, who his family was, personality change, and mindset. I never wanted to see him like that he was a great person he did not deserved that. Everyday me and my family would go and visit him 2 see how he was doing. Sitting around just talking some days he knew us other days he didn’t. One night I got a phone call at my basketball game saying that he was not alright. I wished so bad that night I was with him. Short story couple of days later my grandad passed away on 12.21 of 2015. Every year me participate in the  Alzheimer's walk just for him. My dream one day is 2 have my on business which I named after <3  <3  <3 my granddaddy called 12.21 which is dedicated 2 him. If I could have anything in the world it would be for me and my family 2 have him back with us.

-R.I.P. Walter Bryant 12.21. 

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Your story was great. I love how you shared memories of your grandfather. I also like how you mentioned characteristics of him. My favorite detail in your story is the name of your future company. I am able to relate because my grandmother has Alzheimer’s. She isn’t very far ahead.She forgets little things like where she puts things or even things she says. It’s actually very sad because no one deserves it. It takes a toll on you because all though they are still here, their minds aren’t. They don’t remember a thing. I’m sorry to hear about your grandfather. Use the memories you have to keep him alive in your heart. Go to a place he loved, or listen to his favorite music. Trust me, it helps.