Matt’s Corner

My home town was a wonderous place to grown up. Everything was close together the people and the places. A ten minute ride would bring you anywhere in the town. The only restaurant in town always filled with the same folk. Not a reason in sight to leave this small town.

Laci had a rather eccentric style. She always seemed disconnected from the town. She always did things different she would always cook for herself never going to The Restaurant. She always had her own style making her own stuff never going to The Store. She even wore her own hand made clothes. People always avoided her when they ever had a chance.

Mr. Brown is the worst teacher I’ve ever had. He class was supposed to be about economics. But all he ever taught us was about when to buy things from The Store. How The Store bought things and stuff from The Factory. He would always say its not fair that he did not get the job he wanted in The Office. How that his sister got it instead.

The room seemed very institutional where we would get our job and spouse. It was bland no pictures, vases or decoration. They would bring us there seven days after we graduated from The School. We would meet our spouse after we would get our life time job. They gave me a job at The Office after I was given my job I was to meet my wife. It was Laci and They decided that since Laci’s brother disappeared we would live at her House instead.

We walk though the front door and it was different. Her house it smelled of earthy scent not like mine which smelled of cleaner. It made me feel welcomed when I walked though the door. It looked like each room was serving 2 purposes. She showed me to my room carrying my little amount of belongings. My room for now was her brothers which looked like he just left. Dust every ever I could not hold my sneezes back. But it felt like my true home at the same as feeling foreign to me. I got changed into my dinner clothes and asked Laci “When are we leaving for dinner,” she replied “We are eating here.” At that moment I felt something fighting in me, I replied “When will it be done,” Laci stared at me “Sooner if you help,” she said handing me a knife and a basket of mixed produce.

My name is Matthew, and I’m somewhat of a history nerd. I tend to enjoy and have mostly focused on the cause and effects of World War II along with the subsequent consequences it has had on the modern world. In addition, I like to discuss the “so what’s” and “ifs” of history. Personally, I prefer this to be done verbally rather than writing it out. Unfortunately for me, this has caused some problems throughout my educational career. Furthermore, this has caused one memory from high school to always stick out to me. It was during my senior year of high school when my AP US History teacher told me that my writing of arguments and assignments have always seemed to be lagging compared to my verbal discussions and debates. This has caused me to try to improve my writing. Although, it has been hard for me to find out why my written efforts have not accurately reflected my verbal. While I have never excelled in English class, I have also never had a hard time with it. I may have had some struggles here and there, but nothing to hold me back. I have always been able to complete my essays and writing assignments.

I felt a connection to the “10 Ways to Think about Writing” by E. Shelley Reid. This connection was developed based on my opinions on my personal writing. I feel as though I do well on some of the things touched upon by Reid. Whenever I have written an essay, I have always written it toward a target audience. One comparison for me is the difference between my history essays and psychology essays that I did in high school. Both of the classes were taught by the same teacher; however, my style of writing was different because I geared my writing toward the history side of my teacher, not the psychology side when writing for history and vice versa for psychology. Something I have noticed that I do, is I tend to over-explain certain aspects of a topic to the point where someone who is not in the same class would not fully understand. An odd compliment that I’ve received from teachers is that my writing has always followed the rubric and that it has never strayed. I remember one time an English teacher commented on my assignment saying, “I don’t know what you would do without a rubric or chart of a basic set of rules.”.

Technology has an affect and that it effects everyone whether it means to or not. I plan to explain some of the effects that technology has caused from good to the bad.