Module 2

My module 2 annotated bibliographies can be found now on the annotated bibliographies page.

Please use revolving doors

Everyday I pass through these revolving doors, into and out of my building at work.  There is a sign on the adjacent double doors that says, "please, use revolving doors."  I always wonder to myself as the doors get clogged up in the morning and evening rush why we cannot use the adjacent double doors.  I have seen people lug suitcases and open umbrellas through those revolving doors.  Sometimes in the morning, I struggle for the strength to get them moving.  Some day, I am going to have the time to sit and wait until someone gets fed up and uses those unlocked double doors.  I wonder if the building regulars would continue to use the double doors if the sign was removed.

Annotated Bibliographies

Just in case you didn't see them because you get your updates from google reader, I have posted my annotated bibliographies on a separate page in my blog.  I will send out and update alert in the main post so you know when to check them out.  There is also a page for a collection of vocabulary I am developing.

Environmental Autobiography

Our class was tasked with thinking about 'place' and writing about one place memory and how that 'place' has effected our values.  I must admit, I found it difficult to choose one place to discuss.  The places that seemed to have the most effect on my values seemed to be the same places where I have tons of memories.  I eventually decided on a memory I had in my childhood home in the center of my family's small universe, the dining room.  My family gathered there for dinner, every weeknight.  I am sure each member of my family has different memories of this place and certainly has a different perspective of our shared memories.  The night the church delivered food to our door was a night I will never forget.  It was a generous thought considering my father had been unemployed for two years at that time but that was certainly not my initial reaction.  It is amazing to think that six very close people all reacted to the same event in a different way.  At that time, I didn't recognize how the residual effects of one night's event could impact our family as a whole.  I didn't realize how all of our different experiences in the same place effected us and how they brought us together.