Alyssa Anastasiades

  Exam #1   Exam #1 wasn’t really what I expected. Besides the vocabulary it was complex and I had to read the instructions more than once to acquire the least bit of understanding on a few questions. To prepare for this exam I made myself a vocabulary list so at any time I could pull it out and go over the vocabulary that we were given. On top of the notes taken from class I made my own notes defining persuasive and informative language, putting information in my own words always helps me to remember. Honestly, next time I will study my materials more thoroughly to prepare for the exam, I don’t feel like I studied the most I could. The most difficult section for me was defining parts of speech for figurative language and its functions. The easiest section on the test to me was the vocabulary, I didn’t expect the layout to be so straight forward, I thought we would have more complex directions like every other part of the exam. If I was to give advice to someone yo...

All About Me Who am I? My name is Alyssa Anastasiades, I am an 18-year-old female with high standards and social issues. I’m sure that’s not the kind of answer that was intended for that question, so let me answer it as expected. Who am I? I’m a small-town girl that likes to go out and have fun but at the same time sit at home, watch movies and be lazy. Being from a small town and not having much experience with things that aren’t school, food places football games, band, cheering and social media sites, kind of puts a damper on things. That’s literally all I did in high school, I was lame. I was never the party type, at least not the kind of party girl most of my classmates were. I’m not saying I was the kid to come straight home and start on my homework, no, actually quite the opposite. I had a very bad habit of procrastination, I would wait until Sunday night to do all of my homework. Finally, after four years I have broken myself from that. College makes it easier because we ...

  Charles Blow Library Visit, Then Held At Gunpoint             Out of the two articles “Library Visit, Then Held At Gunpoint” and “Building Attention Span” I feel that “Library Visit, Then Held At Gunpoint” stood out to me the most because I could understand exactly where Mr. Charles Blow was coming from. We both agree on the fact that the officer went about the situation the wrong way. Charles said “why was a gun drawn first? Why was he not immediately told why he was being detained? Why not ask for an ID first?’ in my opinion he shouldn’t have puled the gun out without asking for an ID, just because of some ones appearance, especially in society today. Kids tend to follow trends, so if the trend is jeans, converses and big t shirts then that what you see on the majority of youth. I understand why the officer thought it was the suspect because he fit the description but as an officer on a college campus he should’v...