Bcu community events blog #2

I went to the baseball game againt morningside on September, 29th. It was a fall ball game so it was casual. The didn't use the score boards and they had players as umps. I was sitting right behind home plate. I went with a friend of mine who is a sophomore here who I met through cheerleading along with one of her other friends. There were a few other spectators. Most of them were parents and most of them for morning side. The game wasn't very intense so the crowd wasn't super into it. I didn't really understand baseball at all so my friend, who's boyfriend is one of the pitchers is on the team, was explaining it to me. I had been to Iowa cubs games before but I never really paid any attention. It was cold and windy and pretty quiet. I learned that I don't really like baseball that much because I like intense action filled sports. It was still interesting to watch and learn about. My friend told me that these kinda of games are used to help the coaches decide who they want on varsity and jv and who they want to start when the official season begins. It was kind of scary where we were sitting because the left handed batters would sometimes hit a foul ball that cane right at us. There was a net there but it stillnscared me a little. We lost the game from my count. I thought that it was a little boring but I enjoyed learning more about the game. I liked being able to just sit and watch and know what I was going on towards the end when I finally understood the rules. I didn't like how long it was because it was so cold out and I didn't like just sitting there in the wind. I think my reaction was the same with most people but diffent in that I think most of the crowd enjoyed it more than I would. I don't think I will go to another game anytime sin but it was nice to learn a new game. This was very different then the iowa cubs games I used to go to. I actually paid attention, there went as many people, it was cold, and there weren't any peanut. Also the players aren't as good and peopl weren't yelling and getting really into the game. I think I may have enjoyed it more if it were summer and a lot of people were there. I think if I ever go to another Iowa cubs game, I will probably enjoy it more and pay more attention because I actually understand baseball now.

Freshman service day blog reflection

On thursday, September 22nd all Freshmen spent the day cleaning with flood cleanup. Our class went to first a park and then a man named Tom's house. It was just our class so I knew everybody at least by name. We helped clean the park in the morning. We cleaned off the concrete and faked the leaves. Then we went to Tom's house which wasn't far from the park. His house was down to the stirs and the subfloor on the inside and there were holes on the floor. We had noticed a "bathtub ring" around everything at the park and his house also had one. Our main job was to get this ring off the outside of his house. It was tough work. I was sore from kneeling and scrubbing. I was pretty proud of the work we did. It wasn't very fun and there were times I was complaining but every time I finished a chunk of the house it was gratifying. The outside didn't look like it had been sitting in water when we were done. It sometimes seems like washing the outside of a house doesnt do anything to help. Like drywalling or putting in the floors or getting rid of the stuff he wasnt going to keep would have been more helpful. Tis makes a difference because when he drives up to his house he doesn't have to look at that ring. It gives him hope,like he said, that this is possible. It makes progress even if it seems unimportant, the house looks like their house again, not one in the news showing the flood damage. I am very into doing service, but I enjoy working more with the people themselves. I felt a little disconnected because I am so used to getting to closely interact with the people I'm doing service for. I did get to talk to him a little bit and I was inspired by hjow kind he was and how enthusiastic he seemed to be given the situation. I think that is what got me through the day. I think my reaction was pretty similar to everyone else's. We all complained a little but were proud of ourselves when we saw our finished work and when Tom told us what it meant to him. This was also a way to get closer as a class because we were working together and talking while we worked. I really enjoyed getting to know everybody more and I think we would all agree on that. This is very similar to a project I did for NHS last year. We were cleaning up a few houses and buildings in a rundown neighborhood and making it look pretty. It was basically the same meaning to the people living there as it was to Tom but we didn't get to meet them. This time it was also a lot more organized because there was no standing around, and we always had something to do.

Service day

I thought our service today was effective. I thought that the connection to one dead in attic was cool because it made us able to connect to the book more. I thought it was a great thing to do the day after theninternational day of peace. It really made it all worth it when he was saying how much hope it gave him at the end before we left. It was hard work and I loved seeming the difference we made but I think knowing the effect it had on Tom and the entire community was the best part.

Immigration

I think these articles are written for Americans to enlighten them on what is really going on with immigration. Some of them are more American in that they have the undertone of being anti changing the immigration laws to be more open while others want to show americans the reason so we can be more understanding. I think all the articles want to give more information because many Americans talk about immigration with not basis whatsoever.

I think in this paper I described the meaning well. I think I understood how medieval art was used and applied that knowledge to my explanation. This came from e toes I took in the lecture and the way she explained how medieval art was used. I think I could have gone more into depth about the symbols but I think that is because the lecture wasn't long enough for me to obtain the appropriate knowledge to do so. If I had more knowledge from previous studies then I would know enough information to be able to explain in more detail the symbols used in the painting.

Found Id and made id: St. francis

Franci's found id is one of livin ravishly. He spends money on expensive clothes and desires, parties all the time, and disregards the poor. He was born into this and it is his found id because that's how he was raised. In the second chapter God gets through to him and he abandons this id quickly and does a 180 and prays and gives to the poor. He then begins to restore a church and hides from his father who would disapprove of his new made id. He then completely abandons his found id by giving back everything his father had given him and disowning him. He completely submitted to his new id which he mad for himself of doing God's will. His transition involved lots of prayer and journeys and difficult steps away from his old, lavish lifestyle.

One dead in attic

I think identifying yourself with a place as strongly as he does is healthy to a certain extent. If you become so bias that you can't enjoy other places and you begin to offend others then it becomes unhealthy. I identify myself with Des Moines. I have lived there my whole life and I love it. It is most certainly a large reason why I am the way I am. I don't think I think of it the way Rose thinks of New Orleans. I would be ok living somewhere else and I definitely don't think it is better than all the other places. It isn't everything about me and it isn't the best way to describe who I am. I think the way I think of Des Moines is healthy, but I think that the way Rose thinks of New Orleans is borderline unhealthy. Places tend to identify us, but only to a certain extent. His overabundance of pride annoys me, but that may just be the way most people from New Orleans are or just the way he is. I get that he is proud but there is more to life and a person then the city they are from.