Dub FX Observation/"Reading" exercise

 We will watch this short documentary in class, and I want you to listen and watch actively and  take notes. 

Remember that most video and documentaries that you see of course have a purpose and agenda.  Try to


Dub FX A Short Music Documentary
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7Fv0hB-R8A


Other videos of interest by Dub FX

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv7HwBe28dM   Made featuring longboarders.


 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhBoR_tgXCI   Flow with Mr. Woodnote.  Created by BD.

 Ben Stanford aka Dub FX

Exploration 2: Thayne Reinhardt

My name is Thayne Reinhardt. I was born and raised in Marysville, ohio and have lived here all my life. My life growing up was pretty average, hobbies included cars and reading the occasional book. I also enjoyed video games at a younger age, and continue to do so today. I enjoy animals and have 4 dogs at my house, two of them being rescues. In my free time I like going on drives, playing Xbox, and generally just doing my own thing. This is my 2nd year at OSU marion.



Reading the beginning of the curious writer was not what i expected it to be. I assumed it would be sort of based on other English textbooks, discussing my form in writing and the occasional story. Instead, it made me really think about how regular school institutionalized the idea of writing and made most of us think that you have to be organized in a certain way, and do certain things, or your writing is not acceptable. Obviously this is not true, and as the book discusses, can lead to many people stifling their true abilities due to certain notions.

Exploration Two: Kassie Pryor

Hello, my name is Kassandra Pryor. I go by Kassie though. I graduated from Elgin High School in 2017. I am attending the university to major in early childhood education. My birthday is on September 11th, which is an easy way for people to remember me, as well as my birthday. Another way you could remember me is that I have a brother who is 16 years younger than I am. Who needs friends when I have a baby brother. 😊

My little brother loves this Snapchat filter so this is a picture of him and me.

In chapter one of The Curious Writer, an idea that stood out to me was in excercise 1.1. I completely agree that the most important thing influencing a writers growth is believing that they can improve. If you believe that you can make your work better, you will be able to. I also like the section about the rules for fastwriting. When I read The Kiss, I liked the visual at the end that referenced Aunt Jemima.

Exploration Two : Kyle Ciballi

Hello everyone my name is Kyle Ciballi and this is my second semester at Marion OSU. I'm currently pursuing a degree in criminology. I love running and working out. nothing is a greater accomplishment than waking up sore from a workout. Running has been a passion since the 7th grade when I started. I like to say I have ran more miles in my life than I have drove which is pretty crazy to think about. I also enjoy playing Xbox with friends. I love animals dogs are probably my favorite which is pretty cliché but I also enjoy ducks. I am actually hoping to buy one as a pet at the fair soon.

This is Me from an Army Combative tournament I competed in on sat.

This is me with the fattest and cutest dog ever

From the first section we read in The curious Writer I thought it was an interesting book we are about to get into. What I pulled away from it was its okay to make mistakes as you write. another key idea I saw was don't be to hard on yourself as you are learning to write. Start with questions rather than answers to your subject. I liked the writing when she writes " Belief requires motivation, and one powerful motivator is to approach a writing assignment as an opportunity to learn something-that is, with what I have called the spirit of inquiry". To me that is a powerful sentence. I can feel the emotion through her writing and makes me want to find that Spirit of Inquiry.

Exploration Two: Josh Braunstein

Hi, my name is Josh Braunstein. I was born in Fresno, California in 1997 and moved to Ohio when I was 8. I am now 20 and am going to school to get my major in mechanical engineering. I played soccer for most of my life and when I turned 12 I started officiating the sport. When I turned 18 I got my license to officiate high school matches and a year later won the award most promising official for the state of Ohio. Since then I have upgraded to my grade 7 for USSF and have a goal to becoming the second American official to be honored to work in the world cup.

One idea that stuck out for me in the poem M. Degas Teaches Art & Science at Durfee Intermediate Scool was the importance of language in such a little space. This poem showed me that by choosing good descriptive language causes the reader to stay focused, intrigued, and a bit of mystery to make the reader want to read on and make interpretations of what might be happening. One thing I learned about inquiry in this chapter was  "unlearning involves rejecting common sense if it conflicts with what actually works." I think this is a good rule to abide by because if something works you shouldn't  do it just because it doesn't follow the bare basic format for writing a paper. I responded to Exercise 1.1 and the one I chose that I disagree with is "The best way to develop as a writer is to imitate the writer of the people you want to write like." I think falsely of this because if you always try and copy someone else it will get you nowhere in life. I believe the key to success is to be yourself, be different and discover your own strengths and techniques not only as a writer but in life and always be the best you can be at it.

EXPLORATION TWO: JTB

     Greetings college English class, my name is John Britt and I go by the name of JTB. My full name is John Thomas Britt, and my whole life people have called me by my first and last name together, as if it were one word. When I was a kid I was into sports, but as I matured I realized, or came to terms with what had always been apparent, that music was my calling. That's the most important thing you can know about me, however I don't talk about it as much as I used to. I used to do 95% talking and 5% work, but ever since the past few months, those percentages have flipped. I eat at Chipotle everyday, workout 1-2 times a day, and spend the majority of my free time with my two best friends, Nick Livingston and Nicole Orsini.

From what I read in The Curious Writer (Chapter One), the moral was that motivation, as well as the desire to succeed, comes from within. It also reminded me quite a bit of the book The Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. In that book, you learn about what Gladwell teaches to be known as the "10,000 Hours Rule". This states that no one person is born a genius nor a star, rather, through 10,00 hours of work, they will eventually master the craft and artistry of their particular field. This relates directly to writing, in the sense that the more you practice, the better you become. Now, that does not mean everyone will be the next Samuel Clemens given 10,000 + hours of work, but if you truly believe you can, and you put in the work, then success will be your outcome. Then when reading "M. Degas Teaches Art and Science at Durfee Intermediate School", I noticed that self-belief was also a theme one could argue. It is apparent that the students have no idea what the man drew on the board, but they are taking their best educated guess. This shows that their imagination is the true judge of that line on the chalkboard, and the answer is whatever they firmly put their beliefs in.

Exploration Two: Jacob Cluff

My name is Jacob and I was born and raised in Marion. I'm still in high school but I'm taking this class for college credit at the same time. I have three brothers, two older and one younger, and they are huge influences on me as a person. My older brothers introduced me to building computers and all kinds of technology and that is something we still bond over. My time is mainly spent between school and work and what free time I have is spent playing games or something else mindless.

So far, the theme that sets itself apart from the others in the first chapter of The Curious Writer is that believing in yourself is the first step. Building on the basics and knowing that no one is born to fail is another important step every single person needs to take. I feel that the first-person nature of this book helps gets the point across even more than any normal textbook could because it's much more personal. While reading "M. Degas Teaches Art and Science at Durfree Intermediate School", I have come to the conclusion that M. Degas didn't mean to draw anything specific, but to see what the students can come up with. With completely different ideas, two students answered full of confidence yet M. Degas didn't agree with either.

Scout and me

Exploration Two: Tyler Peak

My girlfriend Hannah and I at an
Atlanta Braves baseball game this summer.

Hey, my name is Tyler and I am from Marion, Ohio. I have lived in and around Marion for 15, almost 16 years. I am 17 and for two years we lived in northern Florida in an town named St. Augustine. I currently attend River Valley High School as a senior. I am on the golf, bowling, and robotics team. I also enjoy working out, playing video games and my ukulele, maintaining my bonsai tree and succulents and collecting vinyls. I also have triplet siblings currently in sixth grade and their names are Gabi, Garrison, and Andruw.

Reading Chapter One in The Curious Writer, a theme I have noticed is, writing shouldn't only be used to express the knowledge you already have towards something in written words to an audience, but to be used as a way to learn in depth about something for your own purposes and then relayed to an audience to express your findings. From this theme, as well as the reading, I have learned that writing comes in many different forms and if taken at different approaches can be used as a very effective learning tool for yourself and others. In the poem, M. Degas Teaches Art & Science At Durfree Intermediate School, I interpreted a theme of the beauty of simplicity. As M. Degas created a simple line with a piece of chalk on the board, there is a sense of beauty in the creativity it created among the students minds as they pondered what M. Degas could have possibly portrayed on the board with the simple line of chalk. There is also a sense of beauty in the simplicity of the line because as we never come to find out what the line represents there are endless possibilities as to what it could be.

Exploration Two: Emilee Fraser

Hello! My name is Emilee Fraser and I am from Powell, Ohio. I am a high school senior currently enrolled at OSU through College Credit Plus. I intend on being a Biology major next year and then going on to veterinarian school. My hope is to attend Cornell University for both my undergraduate and graduate degrees. I have ridden horses for 14 years, but I have unfortunately undergone four hip surgeries in the past two years which has prohibited me from riding. I hope to return to the sport very soon!

Colin Jost (from Saturday Night Live) and I! :)

            While reading The Curious Writer and “M. Degas Teaches Art and Science at Durfee Intermediate School”, I noticed the common themes of individualism and believing in yourself as you begin to write. Both texts, primarily The Curious Writer, discuss the importance of finding one’s voice as they begin to write. The text also states that the most important part of writing is believing that you can learn to improve your writing if you work at it. If you don’t believe in yourself, then you will never be able to develop a strong voice and your writing will be dull. In “M. Degas Teaches Art and Science at Durfee Intermediate School”, the theme of believing in one’s self is also prevalent. Only two students spoke when the teacher posed a question, yet those two students expressed very different answers. Both students, however, believed fully that they were correct. In a way, both students were correct because they believed in their response and were brave enough to share it in front of the class. The only students that were incorrect were the students who were too scared to even try to answer the prompt.

Exploration two: Hannah Thompson

Hi my name is Hannah Thompson, and I am from Delaware, Ohio. I have 3 siblings, two brothers and a sister, and I love spending time with my siblings as much as I can. In high school I was involved in my schools colorguard and my schools choir all four years. My fun fact was that I'm a nursing assistant and my major is nursing.

The idea that stuck out most to me while reading The Curious Writer was the idea that believing you can approve is the most important thing to influence a writer's growth. This stood out the most because I have always believed that if you believe you can do something and work for it you can in fact do it. I think having that mindset is very important in order to succeed in any part of life. I also learned that when it comes to writing it is important to start with questions instead of answers. Questions allow you to investigate and open yourself up to possibilities where quick answers don't allow us to open up to the process of inquiry.  Now the poem I thought was interesting was the one where M. Degas draws the line and asks "What have I done?" I noticed that the writer creates a weird sense of curiosity and leaves you wondering what he has in fact done and what the meaning behind the line is. It leaves you asking questions and allows the reader to question and come up with their own idea to the question.

Exploration Two: Eric Jankowski

    Hello everyone!  As you can tell by the title, my name is Eric Jankowski.  I am a first-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do, and I placed second place in the sparring competition for the USAT 2015 Nationals in Austin, Texas.  I play quite a bit of video games, and own every Nintendo console up to and including the Wii.  I am also trying to get into paintball when I have the time.

    (Sorry about the lighting in this one, took it in my room, because I don't have any pictures of me on my phone.)

    The first chapter of The Curious Writer had an interesting discussion on the writing method, and how to best use it to make writing easy and enjoyable.  While I have always tried to follow the writing process as close as possible in high school, I always found it easier to write as ideas pop into my head, and edit what I write after the paper is done.  This has been not only more enjoyable, but has produced a higher quality outcome.  What I noticed in the poem is how you can think in abstract ways to find a unique answer that is more memorable than the answer that would be logical.

Exploration Two: Sydney Schuman

Yo con algunos niños de una guarderίa local. 

Hey, my name is Sydney and I am from the village of Cardington, Ohio.  I am currently a senior at Cardington-Lincoln High School, but I decided to attend OSUm full time. Music is a big passion of mine, I was first introduced to piano when I was 7 years old and since have learned 9 other instruments. If I’m not playing music, you could probably find me watching Netflix or longboarding. The fun fact about myself that I used in class is that I spent this most recent summer living in Juarez, Mexico. While in Juarez, I worked at a children’s home for at risk kids and learned Spanish by complete immersion. I fell in love with the city and the people I met while I was there, and plan on living there once I graduate.

A theme I noticed in The Curious Writer is individualism in writing. It seems like, for me, writing has always been a strict process. First, you come up with your thesis, then you move on to a rough outline, etc.. In fact, I can’t remember writing being taught any other way. This concept that writing is a meticulous technique that is the same regardless of who is writing conflicts entirely with the ideas presented in The Curious Writer. In fact, The Curious Writer infers that writing is completely different for each person. If virtually every single quality of humans is individualistic, why would writing be the same for everybody? This theme of individualism really boils down to finding out your writing process, rather than using the generic one. As soon as I read M. Degas Teaches Art & Science at Durfee Intermediate School, I immediately related it to the same theme of individualism. This is probably due to the fact that I read them back to back, but regardless it still helped me further my understanding of the concept. Just like everyone interpreted the line on the blackboard differently, everyone can interpret their own beliefs when it comes to writing. One person may think the line is the beginning of a triangle while another may see a roof, and every other person who sees this line may find another meaning hidden within it. Similar to the line, the writing process could be construed differently by every person who attempts it.

Exploration 2: Gracie Smith

Hey, my names Gracie Smith. I lived in Marion for about 14 years and attended Harding High School. I moved to Delaware over the summer, so I commute to campus. My biggest passion is going to concerts, and taking small road trips to shows. I started going to concerts when I turned 16, and have been to about 70 since. A dream of mine is to be able to tour around the world with bands. I also love going to baseball and hockey games. I hope to one day visit every Major League Baseball stadium.

The idea that stood out to me the most in the Curious Writer was that believing in yourself is a huge way you can become a better reader or writer. If you don’t think you can improve, then you probably won’t. Sometimes we hold ourselves back when we should be pushing ourselves forward.

When reading M. Degas Teaches Art & Science at Durfee Intermediate School, I noticed all of the different perspectives that were shown. Something as simple as a line made on a chalk board, could mean something so different to everyone.

Exploration Two: Sean Fitzgerald

Me and Foxy one of the dogs I work with

Hello All my name is Sean Fitzgerald. I Was born in Columbus Ohio but after that moved around the place a lot. After leaving Columbus I then moved to Powell then after that Sandpoint Idaho and finally Boston Massachusetts. Right now I have 4 animals living with me 2 Golden Retriever-Lab mixes named CoCo and Ruby and 2 cats names Millie and Princess. I am currently attending Ohio State as an Animal Sciences major looking to become a veterinarian. I currently work at a veterinarians office as a kennel tech so when I go to work I essentially spend most the day playing with dogs. Along with working I spend a lot of time on my computer playing video games and currently have been working on building a website with a couple friends.

In the book The Curious Writer I was reading about the different themes on page 5 and at first I truly agreed with the idea that people are born writers and there is nothing to do about it. After reading a little bit longer into the book I thought about it more and thought back to when I was younger and bad at writing but have since become a better writer even though I don't think so myself. The thing I learned about writing and inquiry during this chapter is that you can try and unlearn something to relearn it. After reading this I did not believe this could happen because unlearning something on purpose seems almost very improbable to me. In my opinion you cant learn something unintentionally I realize that I forget somethings sometimes and that is unlearning something not on purpose but I honestly don't believe in the idea that you can unlearn something. The thing I realized in the poems is that they got left unfinished but after reading it a couple times I realized that they were trying to make the reader think internally about maybe what they would do in that situation. In general I do not like poems as much but after reading it a couple time it actually made me think a little bit and realize that they were actually good poems.

Exploration Two: Libbie Price

This is a picture of me and my Nana

My name is Libbie and I was born in Westerville but I grew up in Delaware, Ohio. I love playing lacrosse, I've been playing for about 6 to 7 years. I mostly play as a defender but I have played attack before. I just recently joined tennis with my friends, its off-season of lacrosse and I though it might help me stay moving during the summer. I have 2 siblings, a younger brother named Scout and an older sister named Brooke. I used to have a little pet dog named Minnow but she became very old and we had to put her down about 4 years ago. I also at one point had a hamster named Buddy but he too passed. Even though I;m probable not the best with animals I still love them. I really enjoy reading a lot however, I also love watching funny T.V. shows on Netflix or playing video games with my brother. Since this May I have been working at the Bob Evans in Delaware on 23. I really enjoy it there and I love the food.

 When I was active reading the first chapter of the Curious Writer, one thing that really stood out to me was, that we should approach writing as an opportunity to learn something new. I also learned that inquiry can inspire you to write about something you didn't know you cared about. Your inspiration from inquiry can also lead you to become a better writer. Another fact that really stood out to me is that you might not think your a good writer but really you just haven't written something you were interested in. If you try to write about something you don't really care about, it is just going to become bland without you meaning to. Write about something your passionate about and then compare it to something else you wrote. The passionate one will most likely be better. When reading the poem M. Degas Teachers Art and Science at Durfee Intermediate School I noticed a well known feeling of counting the minuets until a class is over. The longing for the bell to ring and for all the kids to be free. I think that this is a poem that most people can relate to.

Exploration Two: Abigail Gerber



"Senior Pic"  2017

Hello everyone, my name is Abigail Elizabeth Gerber. For the majority of my life I have lived in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. I was born on, December 31st, the last day of the year. Listening to music and playing sports are a couple things I enjoy doing. There are many styles of music I like listening to but country is not one of them. I have played soccer just about my whole life. During high school I started varsity all four years and I also won a handle of awards. I'd like to say I am a fun person and a fun fact about me is that I have ten piercings all together in my two ears!

On page five of The Curious Writer there is an exercise that shows a number of beliefs about writing that some people agree with and some people don't. One of these beliefs is that people are born writers so either you can do it or you can't. I disagree with this statement because I believe that everyone has room for improvement. A good analogy for this is sports. When someone wants to play better within their sport, they continually practice. This is the same with writing. Expanding vocabulary, learning from a professor, and practicing writing will all improve writing skills. One thing to keep in mind is that effort is always needed. If there is no effort, mostly likely there will be no improvement. In this chapter I learned that I am one of the people that have the tendency to judge too soon and too harshly when writing. I constantly delete, retype, and rethink what I am writing. In the book it says that it is okay to write badly. In the poem M. Degas Teaches Art & Science at Durfee Intermediate School, I noticed the theme of possibility. The teacher made a line on the blackboard and asked his students what he had done. Different students gave different answers because there were many possibilities. There are possibilities everywhere and they are endless.

Exploration Two from Diana Carl

Hello everyone! My name is Diana and as you probably know from last class I'm a military child so I don't quite have a place where I am from. I was born in Virginia, but spent a large amount of my time living overseas in Singapore and Italy. I've spent over eight years of my life outside of the United States and am extremely thankful to the opportunities I have had while living overseas. Since me and my family lived so close to many different countries we did a lot of traveling and I've had the chance to visit some of the wonders of the world, including The Great Wall of China! Besides being a military child I also really enjoy building computers, and built myself a brand new PC this past summer. I would definitely say I'm a bit of a technology nerd and spend most of my free-time playing video games or practicing programming languages.

After completing our reading from The Curious Writer, I came to the realization that writing is so much more than simply putting words down on a piece of paper. It requires much more thought, emotion, inquiry, and even vulnerability to learn how to truly write. The one theme that stuck out to me the most throughout my reading was the idea of discovery. The concept that you don't always need a complete and finished plan before you begin writing, but that you can discover these ideas along the way through the use of inquiry. Before now I thought writing was all about knowing exactly what you want to put down on paper and that you needed a perfect plan in order to write well. After reading this portion of The Curious Writer I now realize that writing can actually be much simpler than we make it out to be. Throughout the two poems that we read I noticed how much these authors allowed the reader to interpret and visualize on their own. They made it seem as if there wasn't a complete right or wrong answer as to what the meaning behind these poems were, but instead they left it to reader to decide what it meant to them which is something I thoroughly enjoyed.

A close up (or probably too close) picture of me and my dog Barney.

Exploration Two from Sarah Thomas

Hi, my name is Sarah Thomas and I am from Kenton, Ohio. Kenton is located in Hardin county and is about 30 minutes west of Marion. I have a younger brother named Garrett who is 15 and a chocolate lab that is 4 years old named Duke. I have helped on my family farm for many years and that inspired me to be involved in 4-H and FFA during my time in high school. I also participated in swimming, track and marching band where I played the trumpet and had the opportunity to be the field commander my senior year. I was also involved in the county fair where I was on the junior fairboard and was the Hardin county pork queen for two years. Around my 15th birthday my family and I traveled to England to accompany my mom while she was there for work. While we were visiting Buckingham Palace the Queen was leaving and we had the chance to see her drive out and wave at the crowd.

After reading part of chapter one from The Curious Writer I couldn't help but think about there possibly being a link between interest in books and how we read them and interest in papers an how we write them. We have all had readings where the content is so boring that it almost puts us to sleep while we are reading it and we wish we could have read something else more interesting. The same thing happens in some of the papers we have written before. In the beginning of this chapter it makes a great point that if we write about something that is new and interesting to us then it is more enjoyable to us to write as well as more interesting for others to read. I think that this is an important key to writing. Find something new to write about and be curious about it. When your curiosity takes a hold of the paper it becomes a better paper and in return you have more faith in your ability to write, which is important too. In the poem The Kiss it talks about the woman being kissed even though she looks like Aunt Jemima. Even though the poem was short this brief statement made me believe that this poem was written during the time of struggle with segregation or was written about these problems.

My last day of high school with Duke

Exploration Two from Akua Agyen

Hello, my name is Akua. I love to read, spend time with my friends and family, and I was born in Ghana, Africa. I left Ghana when I was six years old and that was the last time I saw my aunt, uncle, and cousin. My aunt, uncle and cousin live in Germany but over the summer they came to the U.S. to visit my family and I. It was such a wonderful experience to see them again after 13 years. I was really sad when they left because we had such an amazing time together, but I hope that I'll be able to see them again sometime in the future when I have enough money saved up to go to Germany.

High School Graduation 

In the Curious Writer, one theme that stood out to me was the idea that in order to to become better at writing, you must believe that you can be better and grow in your writing. In order to get better at something, we can't have a fixed mindset about how we're already going to fail. We have to believe that we can do better no matter how many times we fail because there is always room for growth. In the Curious Writer, I learned that inquiry is the act of asking for information. To become better writers, we need to have a spirit of inquiry and ask questions rather than seek for answers. By asking questions, we're able to broaden the scope of what we think we know but if we start of with answers, then we cannot learn anything from those answers. In the poem about M. Degas, I noticed that he continued to ask the children the same question even after they had already answered. It's interesting that every child had a different interpretation of what M. Degas had drawn on the board. At the end of the poem, the narrator says the he/she knows that this could go on forever because there really isn't one correct answer for what M. Degas had drawn on the board, therefore each child will see it from their own perspective. 

Exploration Two from Camryn Perone

Hi, my name is Camryn Perone and I am from Lewis Center, Ohio. I have 2 sisters, a brother and 3 dogs. My dogs are named Oli, Jessi, and Max. I used to write for my school newspaper and I absolutely loved it and I was an editor for the paper as well. I love spending time with my family in my free time, I'm very family oriented. I love The Office on Netflix. My interesting fact is that I'm afraid of birds, which I know is weird, but I thought it may be something pretty memorable.

The theme that stood out to me a lot in "The Curious Writer" is that writing is a means of discovery for us as writers, whether it's what to write about or the kind of writer we are. I find this interesting because especially now, many of us are maybe on our own journey to discover the kind of person we are. I think writing can possibly help us to find our own voice and opinions in the world, which is kind of a hard thing to do sometimes. I also like the idea of sitting down without anything in mind to write about, but to open our minds to the possibility of expressing ourselves however we want to. I'm not going to say that writing is everything, but it is a way for us to communicate with each other and it's awesome to see how we can grow as writers and grow in our thoughts and beliefs this way. When reading these poems, I noticed they both told stories, and they were pretty vivid stories. I noticed the shorter poem didn't have many words, but the words were so descriptive and powerful that I could picture exactly what was happening in it. I found it interesting that the poet was able to express so much in such few lines of the poem.

 

Me with a cake

EXPLORATION TWO: Our first Blog post from PRATHIK SHIVANNA

Hello,my name is Prathik Shivanna,and my major is going to be mechanical engineering.I am from India, but was born in Columbus,Ohio.A fun fact about me is that I was a junior chef in high school.I started cooking when I was about four years old and I used to live in a joint family consisting of about 20 people.Some of the times I was the person who cooked for the entire family and day by day I kept getting better at it.When I was in eighth grade I participated in an inter school cooking competition and stood third out of hundred students. Currently,I still love to cook and it is my hobby.My main goal is to open a restaurant in India.One other fun fact about me is that I was the school team captain for soccer and cricket(for those of you who dont know about cricket,it is a sport similar to baseball).

One thing that stood out to me in chapter one of  "The Curious Writer" was that,while writing an essay,we should always start with a question rather than an answer.Questions open up the inquiry process,while answers close it down.If you start with a question while writing an essay,you keep on getting ideas on how to proceed whereas if you start with an answer,you will have no clue whatsoever on how to procced.

One thing that I noticed in the poem"M.Degas teaches art and science at Durfee intermediate school" was that M.Degas had drawn something on a board and asked the students as to what he had drawn.Many students looked down to study their desks while Gertrude said"you have created the hypotenuse of an isosceles triangle". M.Degas mused.After a while another student said"you have begun to represent the roof of a barn". It was so silent in the class that M.Degas was surprised that only two students answered.All he wanted was active participation in the class.

This is me and my brother

Exploration Two from Nicholas Everly

Hello, my name is Nicholas Everly and I am from West Chester, Ohio which is about 20 miles north of the city of Cincinnati but as of August 1st I now live in Charlotte, North Carolina. I like to travel a lot and some of the places I have been to are Cancun, Punta Cana, Rome and Greece. I also enjoy watching The Office on Netflix, listening to music and eating s'mores!

Me eating a Marshmallow

During my readings of The Curious Writer a theme that stood out to me was the metaphor that when you write it is like getting on a bicycle and falling off but getting back on to try again and I can relate this to my writing because I have "fallen off of the bike" many times. I learned in this chapter that writing is not about relaying information but it is about asking questions about a topic before you write. In order to write well, you need to inquire and find a different path than normally taken. Although i did not understand these poems very well, what I did find fascinating was that each of the poems were written in a way that the author writes and they both found their unique way of displaying their thoughts. This goes along with #9 in activity 1.1 in the book and also the conversation we had about tone in class.

Exploration Two: Our first blog from Collin Miller

Hello, my name is Collin Miller. I have a twin sister and I am also an Eagle Scout as well as a member of the Order of the Arrow. When I was six months old I had to have 1/3 of my trachea removed due to cartilage growing inside my trachea that caused my airway to be the size of a head on a pinhead needle. I love playing my trombone in band and I can now continue my love for music at Ohio State through the numerous music programs they have. I also like camping, hiking, and helping others at all times whenever I can.

A theme that stood out to me in Chapter One of The Curious Writer was that if you don't have faith in your ability to write then you will never succeed as a writer. This theme stood out to me because if you always think that you will fail as you are writing then you will never learn from your mistakes and then you are doomed to fail. A theme I noticed in the poem M. Degas teaches Art and Science at Durfee Intermediate School was the longing silence and irritation from Degas. Degas wanted an answer as to what he had drawn on the chalk board and no one would answer him except Gertrude and another student. Even when Gertrude gave two answers and the other student gave another it seemed like Degas wanted more answers from the class and was annoyed that only two students chimed in. Degas just wanted more of the students to participate and give answers to what he had drawn.