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 Tim McGraw being interviewed.

      I found while I was reading, that it isn't always the best to assume things about what a person does while you're observing them. This is the primary reason for interviewing people when trying to observe and learn about a certain area, person, company, etc. It clarifies all your uncertainties, and will give you a clearer representation of the thing you are observing or studying. You need to ask both open and closed questions while interviewing people. Open being there is no one answer, you can make a conversation out of these answers, and they lead to other questions you may not have thought to ask at first. Then there is closed questions, basically they turn out to be yes or no answers or numbers, they are very concrete based questions. It is very important to listen to their answers, especially the open questions that you ask. The person you are interviewing may have some details you would like to know, and you don't want to miss them.
    While I was reading "I Can Read I Can Write" by Jennette Edwards, the way she interviewed and how she put it into the essay was clear, and it flowed well. She didn't just put in Lee's answers to her questions in Q&A format. She just put his open answers in as if he just said them himself without her asking him. It works really well with the flow of the essay.

Interview response

I was surprised to read about the history of bowling when I started reading this. I though to myself, wow, I never knew this stuff before, but I think that the history really ties into the rest of the essay well. There is a lot of clear descriptions which is also very nice for this essay, it adds more than just a simple interview. "This is a lively group of women that are welcoming with warm and friendly smiles." (Williams 2) is great because I know what kind of people she is currently surrounded by. Especially the details about the woman from team Ruby that she speaks with, how some were friendly and others were not friendly and just gave her looks. That i find is important. Just because it makes it more real, because there are different kinds of people.

Within all of the description there are things you find out about the bowling alley itself. About how there are Men's and women's teams, as well as an arcade where all the kids go. Then even one of the owners mentions her kids bowl as well, i mean nothing less was expected probably, but it's nice that it is mentioned. The bowling alley is family and friend oriented. The clues are laid out very well, and the details are still great.

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Tillinghast Dining Hall 6:35 PM

Well lit

immediate smell of food

meatloaf-main course

Female green American Eagle shirt line for meatloaf

changes her mind and turns around

goes to get a sandwich

gets a wrap, toasted

Male plain blue tshirt skinny

@table with 2 other people

laughing with food in his mouth

gross, impolite

Hall is very empty

Blue shirt guy gets chocolate ice cream

eats like an animal

Girl with green shirt realizes she forgot a drink, gets soda, no ice

Sandwich counter guy looks new to the job

fumbling over everything

doesnt know where anything is

Frustrated

Hall Empties quickly

soon, i'm the only one other than employees

and 1 other girl w/ laptop

lots of papers

busy

female brown hair

black tshirt

jeans

Entire hall has no food

Employees are cleaning up,.

Lay of the Land Example

While reading Nicole's example of the Lay of the Land essay, I seemed interested by what is going on in the bowling alley. I could almost see the alley in my head. The essay was very descriptive, and talked about all the different aspects of the bowling alley itself, it was definitely well written, and I enjoyed reading it. The way it is started off with "It is 7:16 on a Monday night, and as I enter the brightly lit alley" (Williams 1) I was instantly pulled into it. It's like a story has begun. The use of adjectives used are necessary with an essay that requires you to write about the "lay of the land". She says "The sounds of shoes sliding against smooth wood lanes and bowling balls rolling like thunder then slamming against multiple pins rings in my ears" (Williams 1). This sentence is filled with adjectives that give me a great idea of what I would hear as well as what I would see if I was there. She talks about the people there and describes them as well. She talks about the different teams and the employees. These are also necessary when trying to figure out what the "lay of the land is".

Coffee Haven- Holliston MA.

Coffee Haven is a small coffee shop located in Holliston, Massachusetts.  When I was in middle school and even elementary school, it was the "cool" place to go to after school on Fridays.  It's nicely located in the middle of town, right down the street from the middle and elementary schools. They of course sell coffee and very typical coffee shop goods like bagels and muffins. The strange thing, though convenient, is that they sell books of all kinds. Best sellers, summer reading books required by the schools, cooking books, political science books, children's books, etc. Coffee Haven often hires some high school students to work after school and on weekends. I hadn't been there since my first semester of senior year in high school, I would sometimes go to lunch there since it was 5 mins away from the high school, and during lunch since you only have 20 mins, you could get there, order, and be on your way back to the school in enough time.


Some things I would like to know about Coffee Haven is what makes you qualified to work there? My reasoning for asking this would be that whenever I saw people from my school that worked there, it was generally the smarter kids, the ones that got good grades. I'm curious to know if their qualifications have something to do with what the potential employee gets fro grades. I also would like to know when their busiest hours are, and when their quietest hours are. How much training do you need in order to being working? Who is the owner? Which kinds of people mostly go to Coffee Haven, meaning what age of people? Do you get a discount if you work there? Is Coffee Haven still the same kind of "hangout" as it used to be for me when I was younger?

Friday Night at Iowa 80

While reading Iowa 80, I thought a lot about the imagery the author used. He used a lot of sensory details, and it  made me feel as if I was there, conversing with the people, and even just people watching. Observing how they would function, and just how the truck stop functioned. Everyone was like a family, it seemed. To me, it gave me the feeling like I was at a small town coffee shop, much like the one in my hometown. Everyone got a long and laughed with each other, just like a family.

I liked when the author was describing when he met this guy named Gordy. He said "Gordy spoke with easy affability, and underneath his three say growth of beard, I detected once boyish good looks reminiscent of the actor Lee Majors".(Feildworking: Zollo 30) I was very impressed with his details. I could see exactly what this mans face looked like. He goes on to describe the rest of this man saying he was "a vetran with 22 years of service on the road". (30) Clearly this man is an older man.
While the people of The Iowa 80 truck stop are important, it is also very important to get a feel to what the place looks like, and he does a great job. Overall, i think the author, Rick Zollo, does an outstanding job describing this truck stop. This is a video of the Iowa 80 truck stop

ENGLISH 102: Writing 2

I am now starting a new English class. I am happy to say it is with the same professor, Nicole Williams. Everything I post from now on is part of my English 102 class.