Kristi Gustafson Barlette
Poise: Gustafson Barlette seemed very comfortable talking in front of us. She stood tall with her shoulders back. She was able to answer every question with an answer that wasnt just a yes or no question, she gave us detail and that helped us learn more about her. One example of this is right when she got into the classroom she took front center of the classroom and proudly told us her name and occupation.
Clarity: Gustafon Barlette had a very good vocabulary but she also used words that we could understand. Gustafon Barlette sopke clearly so we could all hear her and what she had to say (even though she talked super fast). She also seemed very prepared which helped her when it came to answering questions and the way that she should answer them. Also the answers to our questions were straight forward, and we got the answer that we wanted/ needed.
Gustafson Barlette got asked if there were times that she wanted to move to a different occupation, and instead of telling us no (to get us to like journalism) she told us the truth, she told us that when she was first beginning she hated it and the criticism that came along with any piece she wrote, but she said that it began to get better and she got stronger as not only a writer but a person.
Volume: She had a nice loud voice, she projected her voice and looked at us when she talked which always helps. Gustafon Barlette wasnt afraid to answer any question, and even when she got embarassed for swearing, she kept speaking loud so we could hear her instead of getting embarassed and suddenly shy.
Information: She gave us a lot of information on her day to day schugel and her life as a writer. We didn't ask too many questions about her writings in specific but the questions that we did ask, she gave very good responses that fully answered our questions, and more. She did give a lot of details that maybe we all didnt need to know but I don't think she went over board inorder to mosy her way around an answer.
She told us about her favorite experience, and also she said things about her worst email shes ever gotten, but it was a question asked so she had to.
Organization: I think sometimes she had random thoughts going from talking about how much she loved cows to how she is on the radio. Fly 92.3 in the mornings. I think that she would have had good transition if she wasnt answering all of our questions.
I asked a few questions and so did my classmates, I was worried that it was going to be silent and no one was going to ask questions. but i was pleasently suprised. Everyone talked and had for the most part good questions that related to writing and her job at the times union. I would have asked more questions but i had become prepared wiht questions about her writing and not about her other life so I couldnt get too many in. I asked her why a quarter back that wears a ring makes an article and I also asked her if she always got to write about things she was passionate about. She repsonded saying that in her blog, yes but sometimes she is given assignments that she isn't excited about but she still has to do a great job with it.
I think this was a good experience it teaches us to kind of "research" her a little to get prepared for the discussion. It also teaches us about the day in the life of a times union writer and what she gets to do. I think it may get some students more interested and excited to write when they are older. I think you should invite someone back in so we get a different perspective.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Sunday, November 27, 2011
TU Tuesday
1. “Playing Dairy Queen for a Day” (http://www.timesunion.com/living/article/Playing-dairy-queen-for-a-day-2229727.php
Questions:
What is a 4H'ers?
Did you have any experience with milking cows before? or have you just admired cows from afar?
On an every day basis there is only two people milking the cows? dont they want more help? five hours is a long time to just be milking cows
Comments:
My family used to live on the farm and I used to hear many stories about cows and all of the animals living in the barn, along with all the hard work that went along with having your own farm.
The machines must add a whole other element to helping milk the cows. You have to be able to put the machine on the cow with out hurting it and know when to take it off.
Its hard work, but I think after a while it would become second nature to you and its just something that you do naturally, every morning get up to start your day on the farm.
“Chron’s Patient Gets by with Family, Friends, and a Strong Routine” (http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Everyman-voice-Rooney-dies-at-92-2253697.php)
Questions: Why didn't he like to sign autographs?
Did he enjoy dancing? Is that why he joined the dance school?
How long has he been working on 60 minnutes?
Comments:
I remember watching many 60 minutes with him on it, and my parents talking about him as a person and who he was. They always said he lived in albany.
Dudley says that she only calls him andrew, and i can relate to that because they have been best friends since they were six and my best friend ive known since i was little and I respect her as much as Dudley and Roony
It seems like he was one of the people who just lived to write and loved to write. He was very special and so was his writing. I think he will be missed on the show. He knows that and will miss it as much as he does.
Albany Academy?
“Ringers in the Extreme” http://www.timesunion.com/living/article/Ringers-in-the-extreme-2263911.php)
Questions:
Are ther really baraly anyone who wears there wedding ring non stop nowa days?
Why is this a big deal?
Why is wearing a wedding ring associated with Elliot spitzer?
Why isn't your wedidng ring just a sign of committment?
Comments: I dont think theres a problem with Ryan Fitzpatrick to wear his wedidng ring while he plays, because as long as he's not a lefty, there's not a lot that his ring is going to enable him to do.
Yes it may be a little dangerous to wear a ring, but he signed up for football,I think he's lucky if just his finger is broken
I don't think theres anything wrong with keeping your wedding ring on, or taking it off when necessary. But only when necessary because if not, people start to get the wrong idea. And so does your spouce.
I personally dont think we need to be worrying about wedding rings, and theres other things that we can be putting our energy toward.
Questions:
What is a 4H'ers?
Did you have any experience with milking cows before? or have you just admired cows from afar?
On an every day basis there is only two people milking the cows? dont they want more help? five hours is a long time to just be milking cows
Comments:
My family used to live on the farm and I used to hear many stories about cows and all of the animals living in the barn, along with all the hard work that went along with having your own farm.
The machines must add a whole other element to helping milk the cows. You have to be able to put the machine on the cow with out hurting it and know when to take it off.
Its hard work, but I think after a while it would become second nature to you and its just something that you do naturally, every morning get up to start your day on the farm.
“Chron’s Patient Gets by with Family, Friends, and a Strong Routine” (http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Everyman-voice-Rooney-dies-at-92-2253697.php)
Questions: Why didn't he like to sign autographs?
Did he enjoy dancing? Is that why he joined the dance school?
How long has he been working on 60 minnutes?
Comments:
I remember watching many 60 minutes with him on it, and my parents talking about him as a person and who he was. They always said he lived in albany.
Dudley says that she only calls him andrew, and i can relate to that because they have been best friends since they were six and my best friend ive known since i was little and I respect her as much as Dudley and Roony
It seems like he was one of the people who just lived to write and loved to write. He was very special and so was his writing. I think he will be missed on the show. He knows that and will miss it as much as he does.
Albany Academy?
“Ringers in the Extreme” http://www.timesunion.com/living/article/Ringers-in-the-extreme-2263911.php)
Questions:
Are ther really baraly anyone who wears there wedding ring non stop nowa days?
Why is this a big deal?
Why is wearing a wedding ring associated with Elliot spitzer?
Why isn't your wedidng ring just a sign of committment?
Comments: I dont think theres a problem with Ryan Fitzpatrick to wear his wedidng ring while he plays, because as long as he's not a lefty, there's not a lot that his ring is going to enable him to do.
Yes it may be a little dangerous to wear a ring, but he signed up for football,I think he's lucky if just his finger is broken
I don't think theres anything wrong with keeping your wedding ring on, or taking it off when necessary. But only when necessary because if not, people start to get the wrong idea. And so does your spouce.
I personally dont think we need to be worrying about wedding rings, and theres other things that we can be putting our energy toward.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Opinion Prompt 3.
Caffeine is a drug that should be monitored in teens.
I strongly disagree with this statement. Caffeine is a drug yes, but I don't think the addiction to coffee is severe. If caffeine was monitored in teens, I think first class in the morning would be worse than it is now. It helps people get up and moving on a cold dark winter morning. Coffee is delicious hot or cold. Cream or Black. Caffeine is also in soda, a dink thagt many people enjoy. Especially teens. I don't think caffeine should be monitored because soda is a drink that is enjoyed every day, or on special occasions and is a fun thing to have. If it was monitored I think caffeine would be consumed as much as it is now because of coffee and soda. Also parents will still buy it for themself so it would be at easy access to any teen.
I strongly disagree with this statement. Caffeine is a drug yes, but I don't think the addiction to coffee is severe. If caffeine was monitored in teens, I think first class in the morning would be worse than it is now. It helps people get up and moving on a cold dark winter morning. Coffee is delicious hot or cold. Cream or Black. Caffeine is also in soda, a dink thagt many people enjoy. Especially teens. I don't think caffeine should be monitored because soda is a drink that is enjoyed every day, or on special occasions and is a fun thing to have. If it was monitored I think caffeine would be consumed as much as it is now because of coffee and soda. Also parents will still buy it for themself so it would be at easy access to any teen.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
I want to write about #84
84. Write about the last time you wore high heels or a necktie.
Recently my mom sister and I went to Minnesota for my cousins wedding. We were all excited to be there and to get dressed up in our new dresses and heels. After a day of decorating the room which evolved it from a boring lodge restaurant to a beautiful wedding reception with candels, lights and a dance floor.
The houses we were staying in looked liike tree houses and were up three flights of stairs. I was wearing new shoes (ones that I worn't used to) and was running down the stairs to catchi my cousin who was leaving right before us. i had to give her a sweater that seemed very important at that time. As I was running it seemed as though everyone in the world came out side of their house. My heel got cought in a crack in the wood and i fell. I fell for an eternity. I kept falling for what seemed like forever. It was okay thought because I cought myself and got right up and walked away unharmed. Except for my shoes. My brand new black heels were now skinned and the toe was not black anymore, but thats okay I survived the fall.
Recently my mom sister and I went to Minnesota for my cousins wedding. We were all excited to be there and to get dressed up in our new dresses and heels. After a day of decorating the room which evolved it from a boring lodge restaurant to a beautiful wedding reception with candels, lights and a dance floor.
The houses we were staying in looked liike tree houses and were up three flights of stairs. I was wearing new shoes (ones that I worn't used to) and was running down the stairs to catchi my cousin who was leaving right before us. i had to give her a sweater that seemed very important at that time. As I was running it seemed as though everyone in the world came out side of their house. My heel got cought in a crack in the wood and i fell. I fell for an eternity. I kept falling for what seemed like forever. It was okay thought because I cought myself and got right up and walked away unharmed. Except for my shoes. My brand new black heels were now skinned and the toe was not black anymore, but thats okay I survived the fall.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
P = Paris
I only wish that some time in my life I will be able to travel to different countries and one city I really want to visit is Paris.
1. Eiffel Tower "No building better symbolises Paris than the Tour Eiffel. Vintage double-decker lifts ply their way up and down; you can walk as far as the second level. There are souvenir shops, an exhibition space, a café and even a post office on the first and second levels. The smart Jules Verne restaurant, on the second level, has its own lift in the north tower."
2. Centre pompidou "The primary colours, exposed pipes and air ducts make this one of the best-known sights in Paris. The then-unknown Italo-British architectural duo of Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers won the competition with their 'inside-out' boilerhouse approach, which put air-conditioning, pipes, lifts and the escalators on the outside, leaving an adaptable space within. The multi-disciplinary concept of modern art museum (the most important in Europe), library, exhibition and performance spaces, and repertory cinema was also revolutionary.The Centre Pompidou (or 'Beaubourg') holds the largest collection of modern art in Europe, rivalled only in its breadth and quality by MoMA in New York. Sample the contents of its vaults (50,000 works of art by 5,000 artists) on the website, as only a fraction - about 600 works - can be seen for real at any one time. There is a partial rehang each year."
3. Sacré-Coeur "Work on this enormous mock Romano-Byzantine edifice began in 1877. It was commissioned after the nation's defeat by Prussia in 1870, voted for by the Assemblée Nationale and built from public subscription. Finally completed in 1914, it was consecrated in 1919 - by which time a jumble of architects had succeeded Paul Abadie, winner of the original competition. The interior boasts lavish mosaics."
4. The Louvre "The world's largest museum is also its most visited, with an incredible 8.5 million visitors in 2009. It is a city within the city, a vast, multi-level maze of galleries, passageways, staircases and escalators. It's famous for the artistic glories it contains within, but the very fabric of the museum is a masterpiece in itself - or rather, a collection of masterpieces modified and added to from one century to another. Some 35,000 works of art and artefacts are on show. Also The Grand Galerie and Salle de la Joconde (home to the Mona Lisa)"
5. Arc de Triomphe "The Arc de Triomphe is the city's second most iconic monument after the Eiffel Tower - older, shorter, but far more symbolically important: indeed, the island on which it stands, in the centre of the vast traffic junction of l'Etoile, is the nearest thing to sacred ground in all of secular France, indelibly associated as it is with two of French history's greatest men."
6. Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris " Notre-Dame was constructed between 1163 and 1334, and the amount of time and money spent on it reflected the city's growing prestige. The west front remains a high point of Gothic art for the balanced proportions of its twin towers and rose window, and the three doorways with their rows of saints and sculpted tympanums: the Last Judgement, Life of the Virgin and Life of St Anne. Inside, take a moment to admire the long nave with its solid foliate capitals and high altar with a marble Pietà by Coustou."
1. Eiffel Tower "No building better symbolises Paris than the Tour Eiffel. Vintage double-decker lifts ply their way up and down; you can walk as far as the second level. There are souvenir shops, an exhibition space, a café and even a post office on the first and second levels. The smart Jules Verne restaurant, on the second level, has its own lift in the north tower."
2. Centre pompidou "The primary colours, exposed pipes and air ducts make this one of the best-known sights in Paris. The then-unknown Italo-British architectural duo of Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers won the competition with their 'inside-out' boilerhouse approach, which put air-conditioning, pipes, lifts and the escalators on the outside, leaving an adaptable space within. The multi-disciplinary concept of modern art museum (the most important in Europe), library, exhibition and performance spaces, and repertory cinema was also revolutionary.The Centre Pompidou (or 'Beaubourg') holds the largest collection of modern art in Europe, rivalled only in its breadth and quality by MoMA in New York. Sample the contents of its vaults (50,000 works of art by 5,000 artists) on the website, as only a fraction - about 600 works - can be seen for real at any one time. There is a partial rehang each year."
3. Sacré-Coeur "Work on this enormous mock Romano-Byzantine edifice began in 1877. It was commissioned after the nation's defeat by Prussia in 1870, voted for by the Assemblée Nationale and built from public subscription. Finally completed in 1914, it was consecrated in 1919 - by which time a jumble of architects had succeeded Paul Abadie, winner of the original competition. The interior boasts lavish mosaics."
4. The Louvre "The world's largest museum is also its most visited, with an incredible 8.5 million visitors in 2009. It is a city within the city, a vast, multi-level maze of galleries, passageways, staircases and escalators. It's famous for the artistic glories it contains within, but the very fabric of the museum is a masterpiece in itself - or rather, a collection of masterpieces modified and added to from one century to another. Some 35,000 works of art and artefacts are on show. Also The Grand Galerie and Salle de la Joconde (home to the Mona Lisa)"
5. Arc de Triomphe "The Arc de Triomphe is the city's second most iconic monument after the Eiffel Tower - older, shorter, but far more symbolically important: indeed, the island on which it stands, in the centre of the vast traffic junction of l'Etoile, is the nearest thing to sacred ground in all of secular France, indelibly associated as it is with two of French history's greatest men."
6. Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris " Notre-Dame was constructed between 1163 and 1334, and the amount of time and money spent on it reflected the city's growing prestige. The west front remains a high point of Gothic art for the balanced proportions of its twin towers and rose window, and the three doorways with their rows of saints and sculpted tympanums: the Last Judgement, Life of the Virgin and Life of St Anne. Inside, take a moment to admire the long nave with its solid foliate capitals and high altar with a marble Pietà by Coustou."
7. Jardin & Palais du Luxembourg "
The palace itself was built in the 1620s for Marie de Médicis, widow of Henri IV, by Salomon de Brosse on the site of the former mansion of the Duke of Luxembourg. Its Italianate style was intended to remind her of the Pitti Palace in her native Florence. The palace now houses the French parliament's upper house, the Sénat (open only by guided visits). The mansion next door (Le Petit Luxembourg) is the residence of the Sénat's president. The gardens, though, are the real draw: part formal (terraces and gravel paths), part 'English garden' (lawns and mature trees), they are the quintessential Paris park. The garden is crowded with sculptures: a looming Cyclops (on the 1624 Fontaine de Médicis), queens of France, a miniature Statue of Liberty, wild animals, busts of Flaubert and Baudelaire, and a monument to Delacroix. There are orchards and an apiary."
After learning about all these tourist attractions it makes me want to learn the history of Paris and visit these attractions in person. It would be such a great experience.
Friday, November 4, 2011
Two heads are better than one
This saying remids me of a show when I was younger. The show is called Dragon Tales and two of the dragons are actually connected and share same arms and legs but they have different heads. One of their favorite sayings were two heads are better than one and I completely agree. I think that working by yourself creates character and you should be able to do things alone in life. But I also believe that when you work together things can get done soooner and a lot of the times better, but if you think its not better than what you could have done, thats okay because you were gaining experience and working with someone new. You tend to meet people when you have a group project and that helps a lot as well. Working with others can be difficult but when you learn to move past that and work cohesivly as one the tasks that have to be accomplished faster better, and your part is easier.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Child's Walk Poetry Prompt
As I roll over in bed the sun shining through my almost opaque curtains wakes me up
Its not yet quarter to eight but I slide my feet into the slippers who are paitently awaiting my company
The morning due is still covering the grass as the mail man caually glides up our front steps
I can smell the pancakes being cooked from rooms away, the aroma making my stomach growl
As I pass from room to room I can't help but look at the same dresser, the same picture frame and the same rocking chair that I do every other morning.
But today, today is different
Today I linger in our family room a minute longer taking notice to the metals hanging on our walls
I glance at the lamp and wonder where it came from.
The room seems so foreign yet I walk through it every day
The house Ive lived in for nine years suddenly feels unfamiliar.
Its not yet quarter to eight but I slide my feet into the slippers who are paitently awaiting my company
The morning due is still covering the grass as the mail man caually glides up our front steps
I can smell the pancakes being cooked from rooms away, the aroma making my stomach growl
As I pass from room to room I can't help but look at the same dresser, the same picture frame and the same rocking chair that I do every other morning.
But today, today is different
Today I linger in our family room a minute longer taking notice to the metals hanging on our walls
I glance at the lamp and wonder where it came from.
The room seems so foreign yet I walk through it every day
The house Ive lived in for nine years suddenly feels unfamiliar.
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