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[tburt1302]

Progress Blog 1: Unit 1 Literacy

From what I learned last semester, I understand that literacy is a very broad subject and cannot be singled out for a simple definition. It can be understood as the ability to read and write but many people write differently and people can “read” images. We can look at graffiti and photography and understand what emotion is being produced and can infer what the images meant. There is also no right or wrong way to write. People can have different styles for writing and nothing is truly “perfect writing”. Being taught outside of school is more common than being taught while in school for most as well. Kids sometimes are pre-taught, where they learn reading and writing before school, like when parents read bedtime stories and teach them how to read as well. Kids can also be influenced from watching their parents read novels and work on emails or other paperwork, just living their daily lives.

[nolyriclala-blog]

Progress Blog 7: Driving Thoughts

Questioning the definition of literacy helped me to decide to focus on the beauty industry for this ethnography study. When we read about the individuals who were able to accomplish tasks every day without formal knowledge I immediately considered cosmetologist. I thought about how many of these artists have taught themselves most of what they know. Chapters mentioned literacy sponsors who pretty much dish out the opportunities for whatever and whomever they so choose. I think about the geographic areas that do offer trade courses and licensing programs and how they are in affluent areas. The saying “the rich get richer and the poor get poorer” seems fitting. These “literacy sponsors” seem to want to only extend opportunities to individuals who are probably already in a position to “win” in life, being that they attend a school in a well to do area. The only opportunities they seem to think people from middle or working class backgrounds are worthy of are athletic.

[vagi-no-mus19-blog]

Just a bit of background...

I'm 22, have vaginismus and I am in the process of being nearly painless with dialators. 

I always felt like I had something wrong with my downstairs area, especially ever since I had endless UTIs and kidney infections as a child (which I am pretty sure contributed heavily to my condition. I could never insert a tampon, and when I did attempt to it stung and burnt and only went up part way before hitting THE WALL. I used to absolutely freak out when trying: my mouth would go dry, my heart would race, and always seemed to end up in tears. I thought it would all work out when I'd lose my virginity. Pretty sure that's how most vaginismus stories have started out. 

Fast forward to age 21: I had my first EVER boyfriend. I'd been late on the bf front, being in an all girl’s school and later university classes with mainly all girls too. I had never found that special someone that everyone else seemed to find so easily. It made me feel awful about myself but really circumstances were just unfortunate. 

Anyway, my first boyfriend was sweet and absolutely charming to begin with, but later became passive aggressive about sex and distant. I wanted to take things slow, and he did not (atleast physically). Looking back he was so sexually frustrated because he wasn't getting what he Wanted from me. And to quote him ‘I. always get what I want’ - well HA you didn't get any from me luv. 

Thankfully we broke up. But when we were together he took any opportunity he could to get physical in some way. And whenever he lay so much as a finger at my entrance it was so bloody painful and I didn't know why. It worried me at the time so I went to the doctors to get sorted believing it was my hymen causing the pain. Well it was not. 

Two gyne appointments later and I had been thrown in the midst of vaginismus. Something I felt was absolutely hopeless and incurable. My confidence was at an all time low. But as I came to realise from routing deep around the Internet, there ARE success stories and quite a darn lot of them. So my story began after my second private appointment in mid September. 

[cinthiayramirez-blog]

Learning SO MUCH from this book for my English class. What is literacy? That was the questions our first assignment and it is definitely more than just having the ability to read and write. Literacy is in the daily basis of our lives, in our home, workplace, relationships, technology. Literacy is a life-long learning process.

[shaysgoals]

23 lbs down.... lots more to go.

[amyriley88]

Progress Blog 10

As this final unit is coming to an end I find myself reflecting back on everything I have learned this semester.  I have gained so much knowledge about literacy and literacy practices that I find myself thinking about those in everyday life.  They have always been there, I just never knew they had a name and never really paid much mind to it.  I have also learned a lot about the Ketogenic diet and way of living, and the many ways that literacy plays a part in it.  There is so much more to keto than eating vegetables or leaving behind the carbs.  Sure, it can be that simple, but if the follower actually dives in and learns the literacies that are there to be learned it can actually open up so many more ideas.  Ideas for recipes and foods that they never would have thought of.  Not to mention the common grounds between people.  To learn the language of another bridges the gaps between them.  People that have never met in person have a common ground and can even build a friendship and have someone to talk to and bounce ideas off of.  For my final ethnographic project I am going to compile a power point presentation of all of my findings and learnings throughout this semester. Some of the writing assignments, my progress blogs and frustrations, recipes, interview results, and other artifacts will all find a place inside of it.  It is my hope that if someone were to view this power point they will not only gain an understanding of literacy and the important role it plays in our lives, but also of the keto diet.

[skchambers7-blog]

Progress Blog 10 : Reflection

Throughout the course of this semester, this class has allowed me to maintain a better grasp on interconnected literacy between different cultures. It has taught me that literacy has a much bigger role in everyday life than I ever would have guessed, and it has given me insight into what a fandom can do for spreading literacy and how the individuals of a fandom can adapt their own sense of literacy practices in the way they interact with one another on the site. The forum of comments on each fandom’s accounts are my favorite area of research. The way the fans interact with each other and the artwork they create represents literacy events and contributes to the growth of the fandom as a whole. I really liked studying the way in which the fans encouraged each other to excel in the fandom, especially when they post a fan work and others show them appreciation for it. I like that the class has given me a bigger interest for discourse communities and how small or large groups of individuals can come together to create literacy.

[shefgirl2183-blog]

Progress Blog #10

I am still writing my final project. It is much more challenging than what I expected it to be. I am having the hardest time getting any responses to my survey-no matter where I post the link. People are not taking my survey and I wonder if I truly have people around me who care at all about me passing this class-this is the informal me talking. The formal me says that this class has been one of the more enjoyable-I have had the experience of mixing social media along with instructional time. I have learned more about how people do mixed with what they say that actually makes a statement. The quote, “A picture is worth ten thousand words (Barnard, 1927)” takes the meaning of literacy a long way for me. I can see meaning in images so much clearer and that is what literacy is all about. I would find images relating to my fandom in the beginning and have to research what it meant to become “literate” with the image. Now, as I have read, I can see images along with minimal words and know what the image refers to based on the text. Also, the context of the words of my fandom is consistent: run, play, fast, down, explosive, trade, sign, contract-all these things are essentially important during this time because of the draft that happens in a few days. The energy surrounding who will be drafted to what team is exponential. As I look at this, I wonder how this all relates to literacy. I think it relates because you have to have some understanding of what you are studying.

[legendarysandwichwerewolf-blog]

Progress Blog 7: The Final Project Preparations

I am finally nearing the end of the class! There is one final road block in my path: the Photo Essay.  For this Project I am planning on using YouTube to have a general discussion of my time throughout the course and the things I have learned.  Should be fun since I like talking.  There is one small problem though, I have never uploaded a video to YouTube, or in general for that matter.  This should be interesting, although I think I will end up okay in the end.  I also have never done any editing of any kind, but I have always been interested in learning.  Hopefully I won’t need to edit and all and I can have my discussion with as few hiccups as possible.  Anyways, kind of nervous, but I should okay.

[nolyriclala-blog]

Progress Blog 3: Deciding on a Community of Practice

I had some trouble with deciding on the community of practice to which I belong to place the focus on.  The chapter’s readings had me leery about the topic being one that I would have to approach so cautiously. One writer mentioned the work of missionaries in ethnographic studies and asserted that it was easy for them to come across as if they are trying to impose their beliefs onto study subjects. I thought about doing my research on the Baptist church sector in the Christianity group. There are so many literacy events that take place in this community. The book we read from every unit speaks of how slaves entered into religious communities of practice and that’s how they learned to read. They also gained new aspirations in life from what they learned. I am extremely familiar with the new lease on life a relationship with God the Father through his son Jesus Christ can bring. However, being an ethical researcher calls us to not seem like we’re imposing our views on others, and I can see how a religious study might make someone feel uncomfortable.

[vagi-no-mus19-blog]

A beginning to the end...

Yesterday I was discharged from physio therapy, after only four months since being properly diagnosed with vaginismus! I've dialated nearly every single day, and made such progress I never imagined within such a short space of time! I'm still not 100% perfect, but I'm certainly getting there! 

I'm beginning this blog to share my recorded diary entries through my condition, and using it as a main blog so I can actually reply to people! 

[murphymanhpfan-blog]

Surveys

For this unit, we had to create a survey that would garner information for our ethnographic paper. It was interesting to see how my inquiry would be received in my Facebook group, my community of practice. I asked pretty directed questions and had to change a little bit as I posted and received some feedback. All of the feedback was positive, and my volunteers were eager to offer their help. It shows how much the same word (s) can mean something to one person and something entirely different for another individual. My community was gracious, and I had several members complete my survey. I was slightly worried no one would participate and I would have to go back to the drawing board. It is always encouraging to have participation when doing something relatively new and foreign to you. I'm glad that our instructor gave us the tools to move forward in this unit and get the information we needed.

[carscoffeeandcollege-blog]

I am reblogging this because it is yet another example of why people began to love cars. A lot of people would assume by the image that it is because of the adrenaline rush... they are definitely not wrong! However, I find it fascinating because this is a car that anyone who can afford it can drive it daily AND on the track with no problem whatsoever. Another reason we love cars is that of how sleek and modern the majority of them look but we also love some of the cars that are not as modern but still look absolutely gorgeous when you take good care of them! Just imagine what it would be like to pull off a perfect drift like this one or even just sitting in the passenger seat while it happens would be one of the best feelings that you can get from driving a car like this one on a daily basis or racing it on a track with your friends.

Mercedes AMG E63

[shaysgoals]

Just a whole bunch of weightloss pics so far :)

[amyriley88]

Progress Blog 9

I have now completed my surveys and gone through most of the responses.  I had forty something responses, wow!  I was not expecting that.  This tells me that there are more ketogenic followers that are willing to help than I had originally thought.  I have learned so much about the keto lifestyle or diet in relation to literacy and some of the literacy practices that they follow, more than I had ever imagined I would.  As I have stated before, I was already a follower of some of the groups and people, for my own weight loss journey, but didn’t realize I still had so much to learn. I hope that in my ethnographic study I will be able to teach someone else about the positives and maybe even some negatives of this lifestyle and most of all teach them about the literacies that are involved, and that may be helpful for them to research before starting their own journeys.