Personal Statement - Update on Assignments

The weekend has been bright and beautiful.  I hope you are getting out there and enjoying it - maybe even finding the fun on Dog Star NYC?

On-going homework:  In your LJ, continue to make a list of colleges and a strategy for admission.  The goal is to find a match:  a college you can get in and one that meets your needs.

Past Due:  The "another country" encounter description will need to be finished by the end of the week.  It goes into the LJ and as you think of details and description to add, complete additional writing.  Please stop asking if it is an essay to hand in.  Please start listening to what is explained in class.  As you now know the assignment relates to the novel you have been assigned to read.  When we have more conversation about the text we will have more conversation about the writing we're doing on the text.

Personal Statement Number One:  You are considering ONE specific encounter with a family member in which you had to overcome some obstacle.  Consider all the causes, the persons involved, the time / place / setting and dialogue!  Please have a draft on loose leaf paper or typed for Tuesday.

Personal Statement Number Two:  Start thinking about this topic and any first thoughts and ideas you have for it are to be recorded in your LJ under "Personal Statement 2":  Who are you meant to be?  Are you that person now?  Are you moving toward the person you are meant to be?  While there may be many responses, there are only two essential elements to this question:  the exterior person (the YOU on the outside, the one in a certain job or career, the one who people see every day) and there is the interior person (the YOU who may want to change some aspect of yourself, the one who can really shine if only..., the one nobody really knows).  rather than choosing one of these in these first steps, write about both - the exterior and the interior - keeping in mind:  Who are you meant to be?  Is this challenging?  YES!  Push yourself!