We will share most of our work in a Google+ Community. We can upload images, respond to each other’s ideas, and share links and artifacts here.
Course calendar can be found above and HERE.
Forget about “Once upon a time”, because this story doesn’t start that way
and forget about “just keep swimming” because in this story there are no fish
“brrr its so cold in here!”, no coat was used here
My full name is Julie Estefani Garcia, yes I spelled it right its Estefani with the “E” no “ph” and an “I” instead of a “y”. I was raised in the small country town of Capay where my nearest neighbor was like a mile away. I actually had an amazing neighbor that introduced me to my second language in which I am currently typing now, English. My parents were born in Mexico as I so happened to be born in Chico which makes me Mexican-American.
I have a small family of 2 siblings and my parents. Last spring my sister graduated from Chico state and is now a probation officer for Glenn County. My brother lives in eureka and is an awesome pastor for his church. I am the so-called baby in the family but with high expectations to meet. I just recently got a golden retriever border collie mix puppy which is my baby. Canelo is a HUGE part of my family already.
As I read the article I realized that I am a reader. I do define a lot of people as readers now. A common misconception of a reader is that you are defined as a nerd. It was so crazy to realize that as soon as they put the word “good” in front of reader it changed the meaning from nerd to smart. Outside of school I do a lot of reading which starts with all the reading I do on my phone. I start the day reading people’s tweets, Instagram posts, snap chats, and Facebook status or articles. Might one not consider that a part of someone’s reading but I am simply doing the act of reading. Sometimes my out of school reading will connect with my school reading.For example, when I am reading at school I often remember a random fact that I read somewhere that is associated to the school reading. In other cases, it does not relate at all because I am reading “yo I am sooo hungrayyy and tired” snap chats from friends. A take away from the article that I took in is that I am doing a lot of reading without even realizing it. If I take the time and invest it in the right kind of reading I can focus on making time to read. Often I tell myself that I haven’t started a book of my liking because I don’t have time, but if I am often reading quotes and tweets then I can totally invest that same time to do my desired reading.
