Monthly Archives: April 2014

Preston Evans ENGL 120W 04/13/14   A Sonic Spirit I recently read an article that claimed teenagers today held little appreciation for music in comparison to the older generations as a direct result of quality degradation (the move from vinyl … Continue reading →

In 5th grade AIM was everything.  It was helpful to AIM chat a friend to hangout instead of having to awkwardly talk to his parents first when you called the house phone (we didn’t have cell phones yet.)  It was … Continue reading →

Hey guys, I, like Andrew, also know this is late (if you weren’t swamped with exams this week LUCKY YOU!) but if you have any feedback it would be much appreciated!! Thanks! Most of us, who are aware of a … Continue reading →

Hey guys, I know this is late, but I would really appreciate any feedback you have! Thanks! We’ve reached a cultural zenith in music. People have constant access to a huge quantity and variety of music. Yet the broadening of … Continue reading →

Writing is not easy.  The reason I signed up for Intermediate Composition was because I wanted to become a better writer.  I don’t want to become a better writer because it is useful for jobs or in order to write … Continue reading →

Many adults can recall their emotionally scarring handwriting classes in elementary school.  Teachers passed down the new cursive to students in thirty-minute to hour-long lessons; little children sat in classroom, practicing writing the letters again and again, but still received … Continue reading →

“Hi lol how ru? How was your wknd?” “O grl, my wknd was gr8. Hbu?” “Cool. Mine was perf 2 lolol” I was talking to my friend once, and our conversation was rather similar to the one above. I remember … Continue reading →

Since the beginning of time, humans shared stories. They shared legends, warnings, history. Every bit of what we knew was passed down, by word of mouth, to be learned and utilized by the next generation and the generations after that. … Continue reading →

Everyone has been forced to write a paper on a prompt that they felt they have no connection to or interest in. I don’t remember how many times I’ve sat for hours in front of my computer screen, trying to … Continue reading →

My dad doesn’t just read a vast collection of Science-Fiction novels. He also writes them. Well, one and a half of them to be exact. He’s not well known for them; you wouldn’t recognize his name. In fact, he has … Continue reading →