Kyle Grimes
J. Murphy
English 51
Lido
So many luscious memories came to mind when I visited the old house I grew up in. I grew up on a street called “Lido” in Indio, CA. All of my memories of playing outside with neighbors on our swing set or riding bikes to getting ice cream and Mexican candy from the ice cream truck. I looked forward to play wrestling with neighbors and when we heard the ice cream truck coming we would all run inside and get money from our parents. Then we would run back outside to flag her down and I would always get Mexican candy with a Looney Tunes themed ice cream. First the sour and salty Mexican candy, then the ice cream to follow. And the eyes of the candy were blue gumdrops so I would have gum for afterwards. I have so many memories to cherish from when I was a child.
The first time I went back to visit my old house it was great. The yard was still well manicured, dark green grass, luscious shrubbery, and our great tall tree that had my swing set was still standing. The smell of fresh cut grass was in the air. Visiting and catching up with old neighbors brought back so many good memories. And it was nice that we could still make memories while we were there. While we were with the neighbors I heard the ice cream truck coming so I got some money from my parents and got the usual Mexican candy and Looney tunes ice cream with the gum drops for eyes. It was nice and cold & sugary sweet just like I remembered it.
Not much had changed at all since I had left.
The last time that I went to visit my old house everything was dramatically different. Neighbors had moved, they cut down the tree that had my old swing set on it. The grass and shrubbery was dead and the ice cream truck didn’t even stop by. It was a saddening day, I didn’t stay long.
Although it is saddening to see where I grew up change so dramatically, I will always have memories that I can cherish for a lifetime. It’s nice to go back and visit every now & then just to see the new families creating their own memories there. What seems strange and foreign to me is what they cherish & call home, but I will always have my memories.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
descriptive essay
Kyle Grimes
Joel Murphy
English 51
22 September, 2009
Awkward
Enrolling in to a new school is more than likely to put you into an outcast situation. The first day of high school was pretty bad, but I at least had my friends with me to make it better. But coming to College of the Desert was completely different; I was all on my own. I still have some friends that are attending this school, but I don’t have any classes with them and I never see them around campus. It is a big change for me, and it feels really awkward.
My first day of College of the Desert was summer semester ’09. I came here looking forward to a new experience. But the experience that I got was not what I expected at all. The first thing that went wrong was trying to find a parking spot. Then after that I had problems finding my classes. I got lost and it was morning classes so there was not really anyone around for me to ask. I finally found a security guard and asked him “Where is the LA building?” He responded by just pointing and not saying a word. Again I asked “Excuse me sir, where is the liberal arts building?” He just walked away. Without his help, I found a campus map and finally found my class being ten minutes late. The class was full when I went in so I had to stand in front of the whole class and the teacher let all the people not registered stay in the class until the end and he did not even end up adding any those people. And after that class I had the exact same problems for my next class. I could not find it and there was not that many people in the halls. The people that I asked either did not know, did not speak English, or just ignored me. I just had to rely on the campus guide that I had found on the floor. And the same thing happened in that class. I had to sit on the floor in front of the class. And it seemed like everyone knew each other but me. The class was loud from everyone talking. On top of that the teacher was fifteen minutes late making us stay fifteen minutes after. He proclaimed,” I just had to get my morning coffee before I came in today.” His coffee made me late for work.
This was one of the most awkward, horrible, bad experiences that I have had. I felt like I did not belong there. Everyone was bigger and older than me. There are many people who smoke on campus, I went home smelling like cigarettes. The only good experience that I had there on my first day was going to the student café, the food smells and tastes great and it is all at a reasonable price.
Since that first day of College of the Desert I have learned a lot of the different ins and outs of the campus. There are still things that I do not know or am unsure of. But at least now I do not feel really awkward as I did that first day of school. This semester I had nobody in any of my classes that I knew but just with the experience from that first semester I am more out going and not as shy at school. With that I have made knew friends and meet a lot of really interesting people and I no longer feel awkward or like an outcast.
Joel Murphy
English 51
22 September, 2009
Awkward
Enrolling in to a new school is more than likely to put you into an outcast situation. The first day of high school was pretty bad, but I at least had my friends with me to make it better. But coming to College of the Desert was completely different; I was all on my own. I still have some friends that are attending this school, but I don’t have any classes with them and I never see them around campus. It is a big change for me, and it feels really awkward.
My first day of College of the Desert was summer semester ’09. I came here looking forward to a new experience. But the experience that I got was not what I expected at all. The first thing that went wrong was trying to find a parking spot. Then after that I had problems finding my classes. I got lost and it was morning classes so there was not really anyone around for me to ask. I finally found a security guard and asked him “Where is the LA building?” He responded by just pointing and not saying a word. Again I asked “Excuse me sir, where is the liberal arts building?” He just walked away. Without his help, I found a campus map and finally found my class being ten minutes late. The class was full when I went in so I had to stand in front of the whole class and the teacher let all the people not registered stay in the class until the end and he did not even end up adding any those people. And after that class I had the exact same problems for my next class. I could not find it and there was not that many people in the halls. The people that I asked either did not know, did not speak English, or just ignored me. I just had to rely on the campus guide that I had found on the floor. And the same thing happened in that class. I had to sit on the floor in front of the class. And it seemed like everyone knew each other but me. The class was loud from everyone talking. On top of that the teacher was fifteen minutes late making us stay fifteen minutes after. He proclaimed,” I just had to get my morning coffee before I came in today.” His coffee made me late for work.
This was one of the most awkward, horrible, bad experiences that I have had. I felt like I did not belong there. Everyone was bigger and older than me. There are many people who smoke on campus, I went home smelling like cigarettes. The only good experience that I had there on my first day was going to the student café, the food smells and tastes great and it is all at a reasonable price.
Since that first day of College of the Desert I have learned a lot of the different ins and outs of the campus. There are still things that I do not know or am unsure of. But at least now I do not feel really awkward as I did that first day of school. This semester I had nobody in any of my classes that I knew but just with the experience from that first semester I am more out going and not as shy at school. With that I have made knew friends and meet a lot of really interesting people and I no longer feel awkward or like an outcast.
Work survelance summary and opinion
Kyle Grimes
Murphy
English 51
6 October 2009
Summary and Opinion of Essay p.337
You should be careful when you are at work because almost all bigger companies are watching you. They will check up on your emails, internet usage, phone calls, and have you on video surveillance while you are at work. Some employers have video surveillance on you all the time, while some other employers check at random. The employers take some pre-cautions sometimes to prevent misuse of telecommunications at work such as putting up firewalls for internet use. They also may only permit you to call certain numbers that are work related and monitor your email for work use only. They also monitor the emails between employees to make sure that it is work related and work friendly. Most employers let their employees use their own discretion to decipher from what is right and what is wrong. But once the employees cross the line that is when the employer will intervene to prevent future incidents. Employees were either fired or disciplined when they were caught for misuse. Before telecommunications were as accessible as they are today, there were only a handful of employers that monitored their employees. Since then there has been nearly a ten percent increase in monitoring. “…monitoring telephone numbers called (43percent), logged computer time (19 percent), and video surveillance for security purposes (38 percent).” More and more employers are monitoring their employees with the growth and ease of accessibility of technology. “It is important to note, however, that 90 percent of the companies engaging in any of there practices inform their employees that they are doing so.”
In my opinion I think it is perfectly fine to be monitoring employees at work. All employees go through a background check before they are hired, but what if they just have not been caught yet. You can never fully trust anyone with anything. Many employees’ arguments are that it is an invasion of privacy. If you have nothing to hide then you should have no problem being monitored with what you are doing at work. Many may think that it is wrong morally, but legally employers have the right to monitor everything that you do at work. I think it is ridiculous on how much is spent on the monitoring. If employees were doing exactly what they were supposed to be doing, then the money spent on the monitoring services could be spent on higher hourly wages for the employees. Either way you can not trust anyone with anything and that is why many employers monitor employees.
Murphy
English 51
6 October 2009
Summary and Opinion of Essay p.337
You should be careful when you are at work because almost all bigger companies are watching you. They will check up on your emails, internet usage, phone calls, and have you on video surveillance while you are at work. Some employers have video surveillance on you all the time, while some other employers check at random. The employers take some pre-cautions sometimes to prevent misuse of telecommunications at work such as putting up firewalls for internet use. They also may only permit you to call certain numbers that are work related and monitor your email for work use only. They also monitor the emails between employees to make sure that it is work related and work friendly. Most employers let their employees use their own discretion to decipher from what is right and what is wrong. But once the employees cross the line that is when the employer will intervene to prevent future incidents. Employees were either fired or disciplined when they were caught for misuse. Before telecommunications were as accessible as they are today, there were only a handful of employers that monitored their employees. Since then there has been nearly a ten percent increase in monitoring. “…monitoring telephone numbers called (43percent), logged computer time (19 percent), and video surveillance for security purposes (38 percent).” More and more employers are monitoring their employees with the growth and ease of accessibility of technology. “It is important to note, however, that 90 percent of the companies engaging in any of there practices inform their employees that they are doing so.”
In my opinion I think it is perfectly fine to be monitoring employees at work. All employees go through a background check before they are hired, but what if they just have not been caught yet. You can never fully trust anyone with anything. Many employees’ arguments are that it is an invasion of privacy. If you have nothing to hide then you should have no problem being monitored with what you are doing at work. Many may think that it is wrong morally, but legally employers have the right to monitor everything that you do at work. I think it is ridiculous on how much is spent on the monitoring. If employees were doing exactly what they were supposed to be doing, then the money spent on the monitoring services could be spent on higher hourly wages for the employees. Either way you can not trust anyone with anything and that is why many employers monitor employees.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Procrastinaton much?
Ok, I havent really gotten started on my research essay yet. BUT, I was ahead by having personal interviews before the assignment was given to us. So in a way im right where I should be? Today im getting started with the small stuff, an outline. I already have some interviews and I looked into my career online at BLS.org. So in a way I have about three sources already. So getting started with a general outline and maybe citing my sources in mla format will be a good start and ill take it from there.
Last thursday I had to get a progress report filled out via the academic club that I am in. I found out that I have a B in my english 051 class. I was not happy but not sad at the same time. Its a decent grade but for this class I know I can be getting an A. If I would get an A in this class I should end up with straight A's except for my math class. Which isnt my best subject as well as many others. If I just keep on doing what im doing then i should accomplish my goal. "Keep on keeping on."-In the words of Joe Dirt.
As for my actual english 051 course it is just fine. Mr. Murphy is super chill and easy to learn from. Although he does tend to digress alot. But I learned what digress means from him so it makes up for it. Our midterm is coming up at the end of this month I think. Hopefully we will get soime kind of study guide for whats on the final, or else I think im screwed!
Im in the lab right now and its pretty boring but it has to be done...
Ohhh well. Until next time.
Sincerely.
-kyle
Last thursday I had to get a progress report filled out via the academic club that I am in. I found out that I have a B in my english 051 class. I was not happy but not sad at the same time. Its a decent grade but for this class I know I can be getting an A. If I would get an A in this class I should end up with straight A's except for my math class. Which isnt my best subject as well as many others. If I just keep on doing what im doing then i should accomplish my goal. "Keep on keeping on."-In the words of Joe Dirt.
As for my actual english 051 course it is just fine. Mr. Murphy is super chill and easy to learn from. Although he does tend to digress alot. But I learned what digress means from him so it makes up for it. Our midterm is coming up at the end of this month I think. Hopefully we will get soime kind of study guide for whats on the final, or else I think im screwed!
Im in the lab right now and its pretty boring but it has to be done...
Ohhh well. Until next time.
Sincerely.
-kyle
Monday, October 12, 2009
Starting the longest paper ive ever done....
Last week we got a new assignment, we have to write a five page research essay. The topic is supposed to be on a career that we are interested in. We have to have five sources incliuding two interviews. This seems like a really big task but I think if I just manage my time well and do it in sectons that ill get it done on time.
The career that I have great interest in is being a peace officer. Prior to even knowing about this project I was doing my own research to make sure that its was really a career that I wanted to pursue. It was always a career that caught my eye and I thought it would be really interesting. Always watching the show COPS as a child with my dad and aways looking up to the cops when I would see them on the streets.
I have already done a "ride-a-long" with IPD and it was amazing. Just seeing what they do on an average night was an adrenaline rush. Just talking to the officer throughout the night about what its typically like and what he did before and how he got into the force was a good source. After that "ride-a-long" I pretty much fell in love with the job. I know its what I want to do now. I also had an interview with another associate from IPD, he is higher ranked and has like an office job. But he was telling me what they look for when they are highering people. They look for life experiance, mid twenties, mature, and possibly some military experiance.
Overall I have gotten alot of good sources soo far and I have some more interviews set up for the future with people from differents police departments that work in different fields. Ill just cross reference what they all say to see what would be best for me overall. This is a project that normally I would dread doing, but it is something of great interest to me and I look forward to doing it.
-kyle
The career that I have great interest in is being a peace officer. Prior to even knowing about this project I was doing my own research to make sure that its was really a career that I wanted to pursue. It was always a career that caught my eye and I thought it would be really interesting. Always watching the show COPS as a child with my dad and aways looking up to the cops when I would see them on the streets.
I have already done a "ride-a-long" with IPD and it was amazing. Just seeing what they do on an average night was an adrenaline rush. Just talking to the officer throughout the night about what its typically like and what he did before and how he got into the force was a good source. After that "ride-a-long" I pretty much fell in love with the job. I know its what I want to do now. I also had an interview with another associate from IPD, he is higher ranked and has like an office job. But he was telling me what they look for when they are highering people. They look for life experiance, mid twenties, mature, and possibly some military experiance.
Overall I have gotten alot of good sources soo far and I have some more interviews set up for the future with people from differents police departments that work in different fields. Ill just cross reference what they all say to see what would be best for me overall. This is a project that normally I would dread doing, but it is something of great interest to me and I look forward to doing it.
-kyle
Monday, October 5, 2009
So far it IS good.
Now in the midst of the semester things are starting to flow much better. An essay is due tomorrow, we had to write about a situation where you were new to something. I wrote about my first day attending to community college (COD). All the different issues that I had from finding a parking spot to finding my classes. I have seen the tutor in the lab, he said that I had some issues with my thesis statment. He said the intro paragraph is supposed to be like an outline to the rest of your paper. Each sentance in your intro paragraph is supposed to correspond to each paragraph subject. Taking his advice into consideration I have revised my paper to fix that and fix some other issues that I had. In my first essay that I got a C+ on, I didnt know about the MLA format and it was too short. As with this essay I have fixed those mistakes by reading the "Hackers rules for Writing" handbook. I looked up MLA format to get the essay right. As for the length I fixed that problem on my own. In my opion and also according to my peer reviews, my essay is in pretty good shape. The only problem that I have left is the last name at the top right hand corner of the paper that is supposed to be there. You are supposed to have your last name next to the number on every page, but my computer doesnt give me the option to do so. Hopefully Mr. Murphy wont mark me down at all or too much.
-kyle
-kyle
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