Spring Break

Over Spring break I visited Italy with my soccer team. This was my first time going to a European country, so it was a very exciting and new experience. I left on Friday around 1 o'clock to get to the airport where I would take an 8 hour flight to Madrid then from Madrid to Rome. The worst part of the trip was probably the flight there and back since it was so long and boring. All I could do was sleep, watch movies, or play games which after a while got repetitive.

We got to visit three different cities while in Italy; Rome, Florence, and San Gimignano. My favorite thing that we did in Rome was visit the Vatican. The outside was incredible to look at, but it didn't even compare to the inside. The amount of artwork and sculpture was breathtaking to look at. Everywhere you look there was something new to admire, it was truly amazing. The best thing about Florence was just being able to walk around the town with my friends on the team. We were able to just go do whatever we wanted, getting food, gelato, and presents for family. Florence is much smaller than Rome, so it was much more enjoyable to walk around. My favorite thing about San Gimignano was the game we got to play. We played a team that was in the 5th division in Italy and won 3-0, so it was exciting.

Although, Italy was an amazing experience, being able to go home Saturday felt very relieving. I was able to do whatever I wanted and catch up on sleep, which I needed. Even though I got back around 4 and was exhausted due to the time difference, I went out to TopGolf with my friends were back in from college. I almost enjoyed that as much as Italy since I haven't seen them in a few months. On Sunday I got to just relax and spend time with family before heading back up to school to start on Monday.

Week 9 Reflection

This week we were focusing on finishing our documentary project. Prior to this week I had a majority of my essay done, so I just worked on adding my citation and a conclusion paragraph. In addition, I read through and fixed any grammatical errors such as misspelled words or sentence structure. I also, worked on incorporating active voice instead of passive voice throughout my essay. Ultimately, I finished everything a day or two early and submitted on Thursday. 

Over Spring break, I am going to Italy with my soccer team where we will be playing three games and practicing once. On our trip we will be visiting Rome, Florence, and Siena. Our first three days will be in Rome where we will play one game, go visit the Vatican, and visit the Colosseum. The next 2 or 3 days will be spent in Florence where we will also be playing a game, but also visiting a museum there. After that, we are leaving to go to Siena where we will play a game and go shopping,

I'm mostly looking forward to seeing the Colosseum and the Vatican because they are very old and interesting historical sites to see. The weather is suppose to be a lot nicer than here in Illinois, so be able to go somewhere were it is at least somewhat warmer is nice. Hopefully, the weather is perfect to play soccer since we will be playing 4 out of the 7 days we are there. One thing I'm not looking forward to is the long plane ride there and back since it is about 10 hours long.

Week 8 Reflection

This week we were focusing on the analysis part of our essay which included writing on the three types of rhetoric. I found that this part of the essay was easier than the summary as in the summary you had to be very attentive and take notes. In my rhetorical analysis, I began with ethos and found a few different examples in the film and then applied them. I used the same technique when writing my logos paragraph.

Since my documentary focused on using pathos the most, I spent most of my time focusing on this part of the analysis. I described multiple different scenes and displayed how the viewer or me in this case, felt after watching the scene. I thought that this approach was the best since it gave the reader a clear picture of the scene while also providing a possible different way to look at it. After finishing writing, It felt very relieving knowing that I only have revise this week.

Outside of class, I had to work on my statistic project which is a 5-6 page paper on this data polling we have been doing. We have had this project assigned since the beginning of the semester, however, collecting the data took us all the way up to the middle of February. So, we have really only been working on the actually paper part to it for about 2 weeks. This weekend we worked on finishing it up and finalizing all wording since it is due this week. It felt nice to be done with not only this, but also the essay in Card class.