Exploration Two from Naomi

Hey there my names Naomi but most of my friends just call me Omi. I come from Cincinnati Ohio the worst place to live since its so small to me. Maybe its because I never been out of Ohio. Don't get me wrong I love my hometown, I just don't like the fact that I pretty much know everyone  that lives in Cincinnati. One fun fact about me is that I love anime. Anime is classified as Japanese Cartoons. I spend most of my days watching anime, if I don't have any homework. OTAKU FOR LIFE!!!

I went to warped tour for the first time this year

I WAS REALLY HAPPY

So far my opinion to "The Call To Write," is without a doubt a good start if you want to become a writer. I'm an amateur when it comes to writing, which is why this book is right for the picking. One main theme I picked up just from reading the title is that writing is in everyday life. We all write in a way. As for me I try to write almost everyday, but as of now I haven't been writing as much as I use too. Been having writers block, but I am also working on that. My goal for this book is to become a better writer, I want to be able to write without writers block. I love to write which is why I this book is the perfect, if you want to better your writing.

Exploration Two from Austin Craig

I'm Austin Craig, I recently turned nineteen on August 12th, and I've lived in Marion all my life. Even though I have been stuck living here, I've traveled to California once, Florida five times, and Washington D.C. once. Car and bus trips: seven. Plane trips: zero. Two trips to Florida were with my high school marching band in which I participated for four years. Both times the band traveled, we won a grand champion award in a competition, which allowed us to preform pregame at the Outback bowl. At the end of my Senior year, I was awarded the John Phillip Sousa award; I'm most proud of that because it is the highest award my former high school has to offer in music. Graduation was three months ago, but I'm still involved in the music department as both a performer and instructor. After achieving a degree in nursing, I wish to pursue a degree in music.

In the first chapter of The Call to Write, the difference between the two essays stood out the most. The first was the formal research paper and the second was the opposite, an informal response. The research is of course by the books and has a solid structure (i.e. MLA format, uniform tense, third person, details, details, details). It's every student's nightmare. The response comes to a more personal level. Not only is it in first person, the student is comparing the details to his life (comparison of religious celebrations) and using "I" statements, which is more empowering to a writer. The writing was at its best when the writings were presented and compared.

Exploration Two By Regan Ross

Hi! My name is Regan and I am a freshman here at OSUM. I am from Powell Ohio, but I am living at the Annex currently. I love animals, ceramics, and nature. I enjoy road trips in the summer, and snowboarding in the winter. I am a business major for now, but I have no idea what I want to do.

I thought the reading was actually pretty interesting. The reading made me realize how important reading and writing is throughout our daily lives. Writing connects us in many ways and for different reasons; we write notes, emails and text messages to communicate everyday. Without literature, we wouldn't be nearly as knowledgeable as we are in this day in age. One theme that I noticed was in the comparative of the high school essay verses the college essay. I realized that as we grow older, our reading and writing evolves into more complex, important, and interesting pieces. Sometimes we think about reading and writing as such basic things, but in reality they are very essential and important.

Exploration Two, from Paige Riebel

Hi, everyone!

My name is Paige Riebel. I am currently a freshman here at OSUM and graduated high school from a small, private school in Delaware, Ohio. I am the oldest of six children and also have a slew of half and step siblings as well. Originally, my plan was to go into speech and hearing science and later go to attain my masters in speech pathology, but life threw a curve ball at me a few weeks ago. Now, I am planning on going into psychology to later go on to get my masters in counseling. I am not sure specifically what type of counseling I want to endeavor into, but I am learning towards family, women, or children intervention. This summer I vacationed to Wyoming and Montana where I visited the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone National Park. Last summer, I was part of a missions' group that ventured to Costa Rica. My dream is to finish school with a masters in psychology and move to Colorado among the mountains. I am an avid lover of succulent plants and all things pumpkin and I am so looking forward to all this year has in store.

The main theme I enjoyed most in The Call To Write was that the author of the text was very adamant in letting the reader know that he finds writing extremely mandatory for life's success, but also that writing can be more relaxed and casual and still be just as important. He stated the fact that we are in need of writing for many aspects of our social and professional lives and beyond. I think the author has a nice use of verbiage and the text is applicable and also smooth to read.

Exploration Two: Electric Boogaloo from Matthew George

     Good day and salutations to who ever chooses to read this specific blog post (in other words: the one or two of you), My name is Matthew George-and before you ask: no, I am not the Australian Director Matthew George, I am a completely separate entity from that one. Currently I am majoring in the field of occupational therapy. As a English Class I am sure we are full of stereotype characters, if you were wondering as to what stereotype I fall into (which of course I am sure you were definitely NOT thinking about what stereotypes we are) I am the token 'person with a disease' trope. More specifically Hemophilia Severe Type A, my blood doesn't clot which will do one of two things to me: 1) Should I receive a substantial sized cut (Paper cuts are too small) I will bleed indefinitely unless under the effects of a recombinate drug. 2) I can obtain bruises by the magic of doing absolutely nothing at all. This also means I can't juggle chainsaws but hey I think that's probably a good thing. Now then, away with the introductions and onto the main course of this two star meal!

Image of M.G. taken by M.G...wait, if both of my hands are in the picture then how did I take this picture?!

     In the early parts of the first chapter of  The Call to Write they discuss the idea of literacy events. For those who don't know-although we all read about it-a literacy event is the use of literature in our daily lives from the most basic tasks of sending text messages and writing grocery lists to the more delicate tasks of declarations of judgement via court, declarations of peace and war, and everything in between. This idea of the literacy event stood out to me since in the years leading up to this semester I have never heard of this idea before. In prior English classes the idea of a piece of literature was limited to what was specifically deemed a piece of literature whether it be an essay, short story, poem, or novel. To expand the very definition of what determines literature is to some degrees an enlightening experience. To see that literature is not limited to the professional writer, but to the every-man who goes about their day using the written language in some fashion or another is truly amazing.  

Exploration two from Kirsten

I'm Kirsten Osborn, I am eighteen years old (my birthday was on Monday, the 22nd) and I am from Kenton, which is around 35 minutes away from Marion. I graduated from Kenton high school and I graduated with high distinction. I plan to eventually major in fashion and design even though I am currently  majoring in business. I returned from a trip to Italy last Wednesday, I was in Italy for two weeks. I visited Venice, Rome, Capri and Ravello. And I love cats, I have four of them.

The Call to Write has been a decent book so far, I have enjoyed the style of writing in which the book is written, and the topics it is one of the most ordinary things, but it frees us from memorizing and remembering all of our important tasks that we wrote down. The book even talked about a Greek philosopher who feared people's memories would diminish with the widespread use of writing. I found this to be an interesting thought, one I had not had before. But it is a somewhat accurate concern. More and more things are now written down, as less is remembered. The same process is happening with electronics. More and more things are posted and saved, as less is committed to memory. This book has been interesting so far, and I am curious to see what the rest will be like.
ks about. the part of this chapter that stood out to me the most was the part that talked about making lists. I make lists all the time, mostly so that I don't forget to do important tasks. I make lists for when I pack for trips, when I have many tasks that need accomplished, and for many other miscellaneous reasons.  Just as the book says, making lists

Me, my mom, my aunt, and my uncle at a restaurant in Rome, Italy.

Exploration Two from JD Davis

Hello, my name is Jeremiah Dean Davis but I usually just go by JD.  I’m from Oregon Ohio which is a suburb of Toledo.  I played 3 varsity sports in high school, basketball, golf and tennis.  My favorite to play is basketball because of the team aspect and the competitive nature of the sport.  I enjoy watching all kinds of sports but my favorite is football.  It has been a dream of mine for a long time to attend The Ohio State University and I’m so excited to finally be here.  

I started reading the Call to Write on Tuesday after class and finished the first 17 pages.  Those pages mainly talked about where you use writing in day to day life.  The main message I received from the begging of this chapter was how writing can be so different in different environments.   For example the informality of an email between friends is compared to how formal a work email is.  It something we don’t notice but we write so different according to our audience.  For school we may be trying to just make it look good for a professor.  For work you might be over formal but have a little persuasion to the writing.  Finally, for social it’s probably more informal but more honest.  

I'm the one on the right.