Personal Narrative

Andrew Caimraj
EDUC 108-M02
11/8/2013

Narrative- Revisiting My Homeland

I recalled about four and half years ago I visited my homeland. My homeland is my birth country Guyana in South America. It was the first time time I'm returning after so many years. Where I will be meeting my extended family I really didn't know too well. In my 2,000 miles journey with my family it was very adventurous seeing the huge rainforest. This was when I was in the plane after  five hours about to touch down in Guyana. When I reached and came out of the airport. I saw my uncle and drivers were ready to transport us. It was very emotional to actually see my family after so long. No one knew how I felt after so many years walking the earth soil of my birth country Guyana. I was being treated with respect and loyalty. My family was well taking caring off in Guyana. I got to meet new family members and as well cousins I was introduced  too by my mom. During this trip my family carried my grandfather ashes that died over a year ago to Guyana. The ashes were washed out into the river called the Essequibo River in Guyana where he belongs. My family made a noble decision in bringing his ashes when we came to Guyana. Therefore, we can perform the religious function we intended to do while we were in the village of my grandfather birth place. After that more and more family members came down to help out from other cities located in Guyana. No one know how emotional I was in being with family that I don't talk to in my daily life. Words couldn't express the emotions that was in my mind during that time. It was a great experience revisiting my birth country Guyana.

Chapter 7 Sustainability on the Menu

Andrew Caimraj
EDUC 108- M02
10/9/2013

Reflection on Chapter 7

Before reading this article about college cafeterias and how they are sustain. I will learn in this passage how most colleges nationwide are handling their food and budgeting .. Also it might talk about where most colleges are getting their sources from. For example where most of their food are coming from. Is it good what the government is doing to help colleges maintain clean cafeterias. Is colleges getting good grade reports for their cafeterias from the government. Is the colleges doing a bad job on maintain and making sure the cafeterias are sustainable.

After reading this article about how colleges handle the sustainability of food is really interesting .  Where in some colleges most produce served in dining comes from local farms. In Massachusetts , Smith College removed bottle water from one to go location and distributes polycarbonate bottles to be refilled, and reused by students. It is really great that colleges nationwide are finding different variety of ways to help sustain recycling everywhere. Especially in this story it goes in more specific details . How many colleges are trying so many ways to reuse recycling and the way they get their food from is really great for colleges especially for the students .

Understanding Paragraphs : Supporting Details and Transitions

Andrew Caimraj
EDUC 108-M02
10/11/2013

Chapter 7 Reflection 

Before reading chapter 7 on understanding paragraphs, I believe it will be about how we can understand paragraphs better. Also how we can use certain strategies to analyze certain details in a paragraph. Therefore there will be certain sentences that can actually help us explain certain details with in certain paragraphs when we are reading stories in many articles. Finally when reading chapter 7 I will acquire knowledge about understanding paragraphs when I'm reading .

After reading chapter 7, I learned that supporting details is facts and ideas explains the overall view of the paragraph. Where it gives explanations about the main idea of this paragraph. Also I also learned that key details are details that directly explains the main idea. Therefore when reading a paragraph I can now recognize what these details give to you and how to tell if these details are in the paragraph.  When I'm reading a major or important story I can now going to more details when I'm actually reading an article in the future.

Understanding Paragraphs : Topics and Main Ideas

Andrew Caimraj
EDUC 108- M02
10/2/2013

Reflection - Chapter 6

Before reading chapter 5 I believe it will be about how we can understand how to read a paragraph. Also understanding the main points of the paragraph,  how it can be analyzed better by us. Then when I read this chapter I will gather information on how I can view a paragraph differently. Therefore when I'm reading any type of story I can identify what is important and what is not important.

After reading chapter 6 I can now say when reading a paragraph I can look at it more differently. When I know what the topic is and what the main idea is of the paragraph. Topic is the subject of the whole paragraph and the main idea is the point the whole paragraph is making. Other sentences in a paragraph is called details and where authors, writers uses transition words. Transition words are words that connects the whole paragraph which are ideas and phrases. A paragraph is a group of related sentences that actually makes a paragraph. I can now say after learning what is a paragraph and knowing the terms to fully understanding a paragraph, I can actually read articles to understand them.

War Torn

Andrew Caimraj
EDUC 108-M02
10/2/2013

Chapter 6- War Torn

Before reading this article I can tell that the article will be about a veteran that came back from fighting a war in Iraq and Afghanistan. During their time in battle it is how the soldiers at war comes home with many types of injuries. Where the injuries of the soldiers have a major affect on them when they are home from war. During this time period I believe that this passage will talk about the affects of many veterans that are home from war oversees.

After reading this article it is about a veteran soldier who is a former Army Sergeant name Chuck Luther. Where Chuck Luther has a illness called or known as post-traumatic stress disorder. This was cause by a mortar blast exploded nearby and knocked him to the floor. This was the cause of the veteran disorder, where it made him extremely sick where Chuck had visions of the mortar attack and is haunted by the blood, pain he had seen. Plus many of these soldiers with this disorder can have a huge impact on them and their families.

Body Piercing and Tattooing: Risks to Health

Andrew Caimraj
EDUC 108-M02
9/27/13

Chapter 5 Reflection : Body Piercing and Tattooing

Before reading this story, I believe it will be about how body piercing and tattooing will put our society at risks. How body piercing is putting many young people at risks for their health. It is showing how popular body piercing is becoming in our society. Tattooing is showing we can not do certain things because of tattoos on our body. Showing that tattooing is causing health problems and the popularity is getting in our society we are living in.

After reading this story about Body Piercing and Tattooing: Risks to Health was about how tattooing and body piercing varies from different cultures and people. How tattooing is worn by motorcyclists, military guys, and general rough necks. In certain cultures how body piercing is worn by showing that you can achieve manhood through wearing body piercing on certain parts of your body. Also with both body piercing and tattooing can have medical issues as well. These medical issues are infections, bacterias, skin reactions and so on. As well as the use of unsterile needs can cause serious infections. So you can now tell that body piercing and tattooing have very negative effects if not treated properly.

Chapter 4 Reflection

Andrew Caimraj
EDUC 108 M02
Chapter 4

Word Parts

Before reading this chapter I believe it will be about how words are created and how words are created. Also this chapter will talk about what are prefixes, roots , and suffixes. Many people also think there is only one level of vocabulary. Where there are thousauds of english words vocabulary that in published every year. I believe there are ways that many people can create words and find out meanings to these words using prefixes, roots and suffixes.

After reading this chapter about prefixes, roots and  suffixes are very important in creating and finding out the meaning of the words. Prefixes appear at the beginning of many words in the english language. Roots carry the basic or core meaning of the word. Suffixes are word endings that often change the part of speech of a word. Learning new words many people believe there is only one level of vocabulary. But actually everyone has atleast four levels of vocabulary. Each words has a variety of strengths.