_Nervous Conditions_ on Syllabus

   Im just going to say this book is beneficial in many ways. This book should be on the syllabus for next years 9th grade. The freshman should read this book for a lot of reasons
   For one example this book makes you think about what you have. You also become thankful for the type of community you live in and the family you live with. The people who will read this book get an understanding for the real struggle some people go through. Could you imagine not growing up with an education? Could you imagine not living with your family?
  I know that these questions are hard for me to wrap my head around because I couldn't imagine this. It would be so hard to live like Tambu and Nyasha. This book makes it known that these struggles are real.
  After reading this book I really understood why my parents tell me I'm so thankful. Now when I go home I get a since of why life is so important and everyday you should be thankful.

expectations

    Tambu is expected of many things wherever she goes, but she has different ones depending on if she is at the homestead or at the Mission. She is sometimes tied down with the overwelming emotions that come with her responsibilities and expectations,
    At the homestead if Tambu wants something clean she has to do it herself. For example when she goes home the toilet is dirty. She tells her mom that it is; and she replies by saying, "if you want it clean then clean it yourself. At my home I have to do the occasional chores like feed my dog or make up my bed, but I have never cleaned the toilet. I always have to keep my room tidy and be polite to my family and elders.
    At the Mission, Babamukuru has a maid, Anna, who does most of the chores. Tambu still has to be well mannered and keep her areas clean. Tambu has to stay alert and smart in school. She also has to stay out of trouble so Babamukuru wont be upset with her. At my school I have to uphold the Honor code and that pretty much is set and stone your expectations for school.
     When Tambu doesn't live up to her expectations there are consequences. For example she doesn't want to go to the wedding so she gets 15 lashes. Also along with this Babamukuru gives Anna 2 weeks off and make Tambu take her chores.

Tambu's perspective

  Im pretty excited to be living with Babamukuru and his family. Were about to eat dinner an I don't really know what to expect. Maiguru is serving us a fancy meal, She served Babamukuru first like usual. It was known to be a ritual, But Nyasha was being rude and she just started helping herself to the food before Babamukuru was finished.  This food is delicious I thought, I was wondering why Nyasha wasn't scarfing it down like I was.
   Nyasha is really rude to her parents which is really weird. She doesn't seem to be thankful for the lifestyle and family she has. I mean I should be the ones being rude to my family, were poor, my dad takes my money thats supposed to be for my education, and my brother is dead.

C Layer 1 Evaluation

    My project for C layer 1 were well answered and thought up. I definitely should not procrastinate with C layer 2 because I ended up doing a good bit of the project Thursday night when it was due Friday. Also for C layer 1 I answered my reading guides thoroughly along with all the other projects. The Vocabulary seemed to help me learn the words i didn't know when I was typing up there definitions.
   Also the front of the character bookmark helped in a way that I was noticing what each character did through chapter 5. The back of the character bookmark wasn't helpful because it was practically just the green sheet Dr. D handed out to us in class. The reading guides were helpful because when reading if I passed over a section that I didn't really pay attention to the questions made me look back and find the information.

Nervous Conditions
2/25/13- 60 min (page 58-104)
2/27/13- 30 min (page 105-122)
3/1/13- 10 min (page 123- 129)
3/4/13- 10 min (page 129-138)

Research Paper R17eflection

    I felt that this paper was difficult when we were researching and containing information. You had to be specific with yourself on whether you needed certain cites. Also one factor that played in to whether the cites were useful was if they supported your thesis or answered your research question. After you had the information to obtain those two things everything wasn't that difficult. Honestly you just had to organize and tie your information together with the right formatting and guidelines. Next time I write this paper I will know not to procrastinate and make more notecards. I hate to say this, but I think you (Dr. D) did as much as you could to help us succeed on this paper, work time, optional conferences, comments on rough draft, peer review, and we were aware of the assignment and due date way in advance.
    The comments I got from peer review and you (Dr. D) was mostly that I needed to cite my in text information. Also that I needed to clear up some of my statements that didn't display information or facts clearly.
    My paper seems to be strong in tying my information, paraphrasing, and quotes in to my text to support my thesis statement and to answer my research question. The weakest point was probably the quality of my citations. Although most of them were from databases, some were from uncredible authors and websites.
   There is nothing else to add.

Paper
2/20/13- 50 min (edditing my paper and correcting it with my peer review comments and your comments)
2/21/13- 30 min (adding a conclusion and fixing my citations in abc order)

Nervous Conditions
2/17/13- 30 min (page 35-57)

Reading and Paper times

Nervous Conditions 2/8/13- 120 min (pages 1-34)
Reviewed my paper, added my conclusion, and formatted it in MLA 2/17/13 -40 min

Total- 160 min

Anotated Bibliography

1/30- Found my last source on Ebscohost and cited it
1/31- Annotated my last source (30 min)
2/2- Formatted my Works cited on to word (20 min)
2/3- Double checked over all reflections, summaries, and evaluations (20 min)
2/4- Turned in to turnitin