Carrie Movie/ Paper

What I found interesting in the movie was all of the themes the movie had. Taking notes made me look deeper into the movie and see what different themes occurred. It also made me realize how often they would reoccur. I think taking notes on a movie gives you a better outlook on the movie as a whole. Trading papers and reading "unknown" ones was fun because we got to try and figure out who the person was by the way they would write. It was difficult for me because my person didn't really reveal themselves that much. But it made you go deeper into the paper and look for the little things to figure out who the writer was. This was fun because it really does show you what kind of a writer you are and how they explain themselves throughout a paper even when they don't come out and say who they are.

My Journey

My journey here so far at Western has had it's ups and downs. Having to get up early for class almost every morning is really tough do to the fact that I love sleeping, but having practice at 1:30 everyday forces me to have this schedule. The first week of classes was a tough adjustment, I felt so lost with where my classes were going to be and was overwhelmed thinking about getting all my homework done on time. I have begun to figure out a system of good time management, as that is going to be a huge key for me to be successful this year and keep my eligible to play baseball in the spring. It is also a little different and time consuming making sure I spend extra time reviewing the things that I have learned and developing a system of good study habits. College is far different from high school, you don't have the teachers there to ask if you understanding the material, if you have a problem I have to take the time to go to them and ask questions as to how I need to do something. It's starting to be routine now and it will only get easier as the year goes on. I'm excited to see how I grow as a student and a person throughout my freshman year of college.

Cultural Baggage and Pet Milk

Cultural Baggage was easy to relate to because my family is the same way. We don't really have any traditions that we passed down, we are just our own people. I liked the way it was expressed that it is okay to have "none" as a culture, this world keeps advancing so some are moving away from the traditions their families started a long time ago.
Pet Milk's setting set the whole mood of the poem. It connected the past (his grandmas era) to the way they did things and it got me to picture what life was like in Europe at that time. The romantic date they go on relates back to the older days and but still in the present time. If the setting were different in this story, it would have a completely different view and meaning to me. I could really picture what this story was trying to represent and show.

WMU Baseball

College baseball is far different then what high school baseball was. Having only practiced for two weeks, I have learned so much. The coaching at this level is more intense and you have less room for error. I have enjoyed the first two weeks of baseball so far! It is tough though going from classes in the morning then to a 3-4 hour practice, and on top of all that we are required to go to study table for at least 250 minutes a week. The expectations in college are far greater than they were in high school. It takes a little bit of an adjustment but it will become routine here very soon. I'm excited to get into spring when we actually start the regular season games and bring a trophy back to WMU!!!

Revealing the Speaker

This week I learned how to establish who the speakers were in the two poems that we read together in class. Breaking down each sentence and what was said helped to figure out who the speaker was and who he/she was talking too. It doesn't come right out and say who the speaker was, you had to look deeper into the text to figure out who it was. I need to work on taking the time to look at each sentence and being able to find points that reveal who the speaker is. Some of my classmates pointed out some good sentences that helped reveal who the speaker was, and I completely missed those when I was looking through the poems.

Introduction

Hi, my name is Tanner Allison. I am a freshman here at Western Michigan, and I plan to major in Business Management and minor in Marketing. I am from a very small town about an hour and a half from here named Portland. I have always been really big into sports, I guess you could say that they are a passion of mine. I was lucky enough to play at Comerica Park and Ford Field in high school. I got to play in the high school all-star game for baseball and I won a state championship in football my junior year. I came to Western on a baseball scholarship. To be honest it wasn't my first choice but after all the research and visits I went to, this felt like home to me. My hobbies/interest are hunting, fishing, playing sports, and hanging with friends.