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Essay 2

While on the site that i picked for my essay, i took account of the layout of the store. In addition to that, i checked where different people are in different parts of the store. I also took into account where the different employees were and noticed the manager running around back and forth through the store. Some things i saw were: a woman beating her child because he was crying (not that that will help), a couple fighting about how late it was and that they hadn't started dinner, and a man walking around the drinks section with a large box of KFC chicken. The vast range of people that i saw in kroger, was astounding and i cant wait to go to my site a third time to get more info.

Bowling Alley on Saturday

This video shows a group of kids in a bowling ally on a saturday night.

The Bowling Alley

This writing was very interesting because you get all this information about a bowling ally and who frequents at it. It goes really in depth about the men's bowling leagues and how they interact with each other. The mention how busy it is on one of the league nights and how intense the competition. I think it was good that the essay gives good discription about what the ally looks like inside. It talks about how there are no women there except for the middle aged women that works in the concession stand that serves the men the pizza and other finger foods that are served. Her son also works there to help out. Although they do not have one, i think it would be good if they put a bar in. This would make the ally really good money and allow all of the bowlers to have a good time.

Get Back 25 Feet

The point of this assignment was to visit a site somewhere on campus and observe it for around 20 mins. For my site, i chose outside of Prichard Hall at 7pm. To any normal person, this site might seem a little boring or a little stupid, however it is really an interesting place to be. About every minute or so there is another group of people that comes out, whether it be on a mission for food or to meet up with friends.
During my investigation i realized that this area was a frequent place for smokers of the Prichard Dorm building. In addition to them, people from other dorms come to this place to light up. After awhile i realized that it was a smoking lounge of the surrounding dorm buildings. Kids come here to smoke and hang out. IN one corner, i heard kids talking about a test that they all bombed in physics. In another corner, i heard guys talking about the frat they were all planing to join this semester. The last and best part of the whole experience, was when the RA opened the window above us and told us to get 25 feet back from the building. When no one moved, she promptly came down to start yelling. She threatened to call the cops and issue conduct referrals. This was right about when my 20 minutes was up, so i left.

Project Ideas

This semester we have to do a interview project which is spit into three parts. These are the ideas I had for my project:
1.)Kroger
2.)The Gym
3.)A Gas Station/Mechanic shop
4.)D.P. Dough

New Semester- English 1106

To all my readers...I am in a new english class for this new semester, so be aware that all the posts after this are from the new semester.

-Ryan