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Wednesday, August 29, 2007

informal 1

hello to everyone out there who have time to read this article. if you are not one of them, then you shouldn't be here, you should leave and come back later when you have the time to read this short article that I wrote. This article for my rhet 101 class, i assume that most of you are from the same class that i were in. otherwise, i had no idea where you got the URL to my blog. this article is do Wednesday, August 29, 2007, aka the same date that i wrote this article or essay or blog entry, whatever you want to call it, it is fine by me. so as you can see, i waited till the last day to do this, and rushing through it, i didn't even use proper grammar or capitalized the first word of the sentence. there most be a problem with my computer, it usually do the capitalization for me if i forget to do it. oh god, i have to hurry up and finish this, it is already 6, i starving, i haven't eaten any thing today. so for the people who doesn't have the time read this, you can always come back any time you want as long as you have the time to finish the article later. For the people who manage to finish this article, I hope it doesn't discourage you to read any of my future blog entries. (now the capitalization work, ahhhhhh, some one please give me a hammer so i can smash this junk to pieces. JUST JOKING)

Sunday, August 26, 2007

week 1

1- Recall the experience of being an outsider joining a new group. What wasunfamiliar in the language—and behaviors—of that group? How did your own attitudes and behavior begin to change as you grew to be accepted within that new community? How was that change captured in your language?






As we grow older, they will encounter a great deal of situations. For example, when we attend a new school, he or she will need to adjust and fit in with the new environment and people. As we come across new and interesting individuals, our behavior and language will try to bend in. some call it peer pressures, but it is natural for us human.

My family had moved for place to place five or six times in the past ten years, so I had lots of experience of being an outsider trying to fit into the new environment. I had noticed that each group of people had their own unique language and behavior, each act differently than other. Each of them had a theme, some groups always talk about hunting, other like to discuss about what to do or where to go over the weekend. All groups have one in common, that is the people in the group have similar behavior and under each other’s language. If an outsider wants to join a group, he or she needs to learn the behavior and the language to it to fit in completely.

I had personally experienced the changes in my behaviors and attitudes once I had fully been accepted into the group. For example, during my senior year in high school, I hang around the people who like boxing. Soon all I every talks about is boxing, and I had developed an interest in boxing. All these changes occur unexpectedly.

To blend in with the group seem to me are common in our society. Our judgments, behavior, and language have been modified by our consciousness to fit into the new environment. It is all part of life.