mary+barnes


 * INTRODUCTION **
 * Welcome to my e-portfolio!, I am a student who is currently enrolled at College of Southern Maryland. I am about to present to you my reflections as a student at College of Southern Maryland. I am also going to share with you my experience during this semester about my English 1010 course. I will speak about how much I've learned and how I've grown throughout this process. **

** BIO POEM ** ** Mary ** ** Caring, loyal, kind, outgoing ** ** Mother of one intelligent son ** ** Who is known for making others smile ** ** Who loves football, dancing and singing ** ** Who feels life is very valuable ** ** Who needs to tell jokes, make people laugh and watch NFL football. ** ** Who fears spiders, snakes and death ** ** Who gives support and comfort to those who has lost love ones ** ** Who would like to see Paris, Jamaica, and Cancoon Mexico ** ** Resident of Saint Mary’s county ** ** Barnes **

**Her Best Friend’s Husband** Cheryl Ladd who plays the role Jane Thorton is a successful attorney, who plays a role in //her best Friend’s Husband, produced by Abounader and Waris Hussein.// In this movie we learn that love conquers all. Jane, who is trying to deal with the loss of her husband, Two years after her husband death, Jane went to visit her best friend, Mandy and her best friend’s husband Will. Jane and will were lovers, when their relationship ended Jane introduced Will to Mandy and since then they had been happily married. After Jane’s arrival at Mandy and Will’s house, Mandy tells Jane that she plans to leave Will. There are three lessons that can be learned from this movie. You should never introduce your best friend to someone you have previously dated in the past, you should never sleep with your best friend’s husband, and you must all know that love conquers all. First, I really do not know what Jane was thinking when she introduced her best friend to a man she previously dated, you may think that your over that person and your really not. Well Jane comes to town after two years to see her best friend Mandy. Mandy’s husband Will, and daughter Kelly had given Mandy a birthday party. For months Mandy had been shutting will out. Mandy then tells her best friend Jane that she was no longer in love with her husband and that she does not want to be with him any longer. Jane then tries to convince Mandy to reconsider, but Mandy still no longer wanted to be with Will. So than Mandy finally tell her husband how she feels and that she wants a divorce. Will was really devastated to here that coming from his wife, whom he really loves. Well now it was time to tell their daughter Kelly that they were getting a divorce, which also devastated Kelly as well. Second, you should never sleep with your best friend’s husband, and when you do you’re taking a risk on losing a very special friend and friendship. Others can get hurt in the process of this betrayal. For sure, Jane should not have slept with her best friend’s husband, although she tried to fight her feeling for Will. Mandy’s daughter Kelly was the first to see Jane and Will together. Kelly saw Jane and Will hugging and kissing. Kelly also felt betrayed by Jane because she thought Jane was trying to help her get her parents back together, which she really was at first, but she just could not control her feelings she had for Will. Finally, this movie is a prime example of love conquers all. Although Mandy’s best friend Jane slept with her husband, and there were a lot of heart aches and pain as well as other people in the family such as Mandy’s mother and daughter who was affected by the situation. Mandy forgave Jane. In other words, their relationship was that strong. I feel as though she forgave her too soon, but everybody is different. Me I would have at least let her suffer a little bit longer. Then I may or may not have forgiving her. Strong points about this move was at the end when Mandy asked Jane “Do you love him,” and she said “Yes,” so because she was honest about her feelings for Will and that she really does love him. Mandy gave her a hug and forgave Jane. This was a great movie because this is what happens in real life. You have a best friend, who you really trust and you tell them about the problems you have with your husband, and the next thing you know, your best friend is sleeping with your husband. The weakest part about the movie was the part where Jane slapped Mandy. When, Mandy confronted Jane about sleeping with her husband. I feel as though Mandy should have been the one to slap Jane or that was not in the movie, and another weak point of the movie is when Will slept with Mandy’s best friend Jane at least when Jane slapped Mandy then Mandy should have slapped Jane back. Also, I notice that there were something missing about the **movie.** There was a picture on the cover of the DVD of Jane and Will, and he had no remorse at all, but Jane was remorseful. In //Her Best Friend’s Husband// because Jane and will was in a previous relationship, Jane should not have introduced her Best Friend to Will. Although she could not control her feelings she still should not have slept with her best friend’s husband. That was a line that she should not have been crossed. It is called self- control. When Your best friend confides in you and tell you that she and her husband are having problems or even if she tell you that she no longer loves her husband and she wants a divorce, you should listen to her and be there for her and under no circumstances should you ever sleep with her husband. I will share my money with my best friend, I will share my food with my best friend, but there is no way I would share my husband with my best friend. This would be a good movie for someone who has a hard time forgiving someone who has betrayed their friendship. I choose this essay because I was Mandy.
 * Formal Essay**


 * Journals**

** Planning Research and Finding Sources ** When reading the chapters on planning research and finding source, I find that there were some techniques that were familiar to me, such as going to the library to gather information to do a research paper. The library is the most familiar technique that we have been using for many years. The library contains some material that is not available anywhere else. Other familiar method of gathering information for research is books and journals. To have all possible sources, planning research can be very helpful when doing your assignments. The information that was new to me was the enormous amount of information that is available through the library database and on the web. What I also found to be new to me is when doing an assignment it is very helpful to do interviews, surveys, and observations. When I was going to school and I had an assignment to do I would go to the library and get my information out of the book and on the computer. Although, back then there were limited information on the computer at the time, but now there are far more available information on the computer. I also found it interesting to know that when planning research it is very important to thoroughly analyze the research. 


 * The reason I choose this journal is because it give me many different ways of finding resources to do my research paper. There was also something that I found that was new. When doing an assignment it is very helpful to do interviews, surveys, and observations. **

** Setting the Record Straight **

Mc. Cloud seems to be a strong believer in his comics. I think he explains himself well. He made some points about comic writing. He seems to have expressed himself really well. He wanted to know why people misunderstood comic. He wanted them to know the good aspects of comics, such as the art of it, you can see it, it has pictures to go along with the writing and it also has words that show expressions. Still not everyone agrees with him. Some people still do not like comics, and do not care to read no matter what anyone says. But again he stated how he felt about it, so he did put a good argument with stating the facts about why comic he felt that comics was good, and how people get the wrong impression about comics. I see that he was just letting people know how he feels about it; he also was letting the art of it, and the meaning behind it. I fell like this if you don’t like the comics than don’t read it. I choose this journal because McCloud expressed himself really well. He wanted people to know the good aspects of comics.

** Freewriting ** My favorite style of prewriting and organization is the technique of freewriting. I like to just pick a topic and start writing for about ten minutes, and not stopping to correct spelling, grammatical errors and worrying about finding the exact words. Freewriting is a way to break through defense mechanism about writing and overcome the distress of making errors. My initial concepts and thoughts will often become understandable after I have gotten them down on paper. Through continued practice in freewriting, I would acquire the habit of thinking as I write. And that is a routine that can be learned and will be a helpful way to get started. After I have completed the freewriting for ten minutes, I would take the next step to use the freewriting as the basis for a scratch outline. This is the reason freewriting works for me. I just let the words flow when I start writing. I choose this jounal because this my favorite style of prewriting.


 * Research Abstract **

Bipolar Symptoms and Treatments My research paper is about patients with bipolar disorder symptoms and treatments. In my research paper, I spoke about the highs (manic phase) and the lows (depressive phase) of a bipolar patient. I spoke about many symptoms, such as the patient being very happy, energetic, and then they can become very sad and depressed. I also spoke about how they can make other people lives miserable, and put themselves in dangerous situations.

I also spoke about there not being a cure for this illness, but there are treatments, such as mood stabilizers and psychotherapy that are available for the patients. The different kinds of counseling can really help the patients, but it is also very important for the patients to take their medication so that the sickness can be controlled. 

First of all, I have learned a lot from this class, I have progressed a great deal considering where I came from to where I am now. The first day of class I was totally lost. Wondering what was happening, considering English was my favorite subject in school.
 * Final Reflections **

As I started out in the beginning I wanted to say this is it. I’m not coming back, but because of the encouragement that I had from my teacher. I decided to stay and give it a chance. During the first week of school no one could have guessed that English was my favorite subject in high school.

It is amazing how much you could forget after being out of school for so long. I never thought I could learn so much from this class. But I did learn a lot from this class. I was really surprised to know all of the different sources you could information from to do research.

I was given workshop assignments, such as comma workshop, sentence structure workshop, and agreement workshop. The workshops really helped me and allowed me to become a better writer.

I **also** ** had various reading assignment where as though. I had to write journals, which helped me to become a better reader. I also feel as though, I read faster now since I’ve taken this course. I must say I could not have done it without Patience and the great teacher I have. This is how I’ve grown from taken this course. **