Essay 1 Draft

Christopher Diaz

English 111-05

Professor Kara Waite

                                                                    Essay 1 Draft

               

It was last semester when I came to Bunker Hill Community College as a first year student. I

was and still and very happy and proud of myself for making the decision to enroll in this

school.  All through high school my teachers would say “ when you get to college your

professors will be very strict and professional”.   I of course believed them seeing as they

had been to college and I was still in high school. My teachers having said that to me gave

me a preconceived idea in my head that college professors were professional and strict.

Now that I’ve been a college student for a while I know that to be very far from the truth.

                  My first day I had a 7am class. So as you can imagine I was not a happy person. After all

who likes waking up so early? Myself along with some other students were sitting in       

class waiting and talking amongst ourselves until the professor showed up.  The professor finally

walks in twenty eight minutes late for class. I was highly upset because I was there on time so I felt

that she should have been as well. She was dropping "f bombs" and words that I found to be

inappropriate.  I was not offended by all of this at all. I was more taken back by her actions and

choice of words because you would think that a college professor would conduct themselves in a

more polite and professional manner. It made me feel like I was not so important to her. she would

constantly show up to class late and use profane language in class.

In-Class Writing 9/18

       Thinking into Mae Mobley's futer I believe that she will say she had a strange childhood.  Her mother was not very involved in her life. Aibileen who is the help thakes care of Mae. She washes her, feeds her, plays with her, and teaches her new things.

Homerwok #3

• A time when I wish I had been honest was when I was 19. I lied to a poliece officer about something stupid and got in more trouble than I would have if I had told the truth.
• A time I felt like I was growing apart from a loved one or a close friend was when my best friend left for college. She left for school in North Carolina.
• A time when I felt different was when I went to a friends party and was the only person of color there.
• A time I lost someone I loved was when I lost my great grandmother at the age of 105 years old.
• A time when someones behavior differed from my expectations was my first day of college I expected my professor to be profecional and mannerd. He was swreaing ALOT.
• A time when I dissapointed someone was when I told a friend I would help her get a dress for a special event and I canceld last minute because something important came up. There was nothing I could have done to prevent it but I still felt bad.
• A time when I suprised someone and differed from thee expectations was when I went for a job interview and because I was so young people thought I wouldnt get the job. But I did.

Women's expectations then & now

         Back in the 1960's women had set expectations and ways that there were supposed to be.
Black women had to work as maids and do everything that was asked from there white bosses.
White women were not expected to work and had to find a housband, marry him, and then have
children for him. Today women in America have changed completley. Women regardles of color
are allowed to go out and get themselves an education and work jut like any other man.

Homework #2

            In this chapter of the novel The Help by Kathryn Stockett we witness Hilly and Skeeter's

relationship. The relationship between the two is not a positive one. It is clear that there is a bit of

tension between the two due to their completely different personalities. In the novel the character

named Skeeter is a young white female who is quiet, sweet, respectful, and treats everyone nicely.

However Hilly is a liar and is manipulative and likes to get her own way at any cost.

In my life I have met and surrounded myself with many different types of people. No matter

their age, sex, or ethnicity some turned out to be not what they had claimed. My childhood best

friend and I were always very close until there came a time were we had to go our separate ways. I

have always been a very respectful, trustworthy, and sweet person. I was always under the

impression that he was the same. One day I found out “through the grape vine” that he had been

spreading a false rumor about me. I was very hurt and disgusted by his behavior. The person that I

had given my trust and told everything to, thinking that he had my best interest at heart and was my

best friend was nothing more than a liar. It may seem as though this was a negative event, but in all

honesty and truth I see this as a positive. I learned to trust no one but me.

Aibaleen's Speech

      

           When reading the novel The Help by Kathryn Stockett, I’ve noticed that she writes Aibaleen's

Speech much differently than the white folks. Words are incorrectly spelled, pronounced, and words

are shortened. Stockett uses phonetic speech. It almost seems as if the author is trying to feed into

the stereotype of black folks being uneducated or not as educated as white folks.