Skills Reflection

I'll be honest, Not to anyone else but to myself. When I came to Johnson & Wales University, I thought it will be very easy. Its university! Easy and smooth life. No tentions and many other things. I guess I was right to some extent. But when it comes to English. . . I am always wrong with the projections.

The truth is, when I wrote my 1st class assignment and got it evaluated, I judged myself and realised i was not that good at the beginning. There were alot of errors. My professor told me about the type of problems I had and I realized that I can do it. Firsy set of problems was word count, summarize, paraphrase and quotes. I was not good at all in all these things. The first thing was to corrst minor problems like using commas, avoiding fragments and comma splices.

Sounds so simple. Using commas and words to write 3 pages worth of 'chit-chat'. But, its more than some chatting stuff. Its about being more professional and more formal. Using everything correctly. Then I was worng about the formatting and writing the 'Thesis Sentences and Topic sentences'.

There was alot of repair needed for my english to be 'better than good'. Well. . . With the help of my professor and the exercises she gave me, I practiced and made a few repairs to my english. and I could see my grades going up, little by little.

I never knew what is 'a blog'. But my professor taught the class the concept of a blog, and now, I love blogging because i can write anything i want. I can keep all my feelings open, not woorying about the grammer and other stuff. It's pretty cool.

I don't know about others, but I am satisfied and happy that I took this class and progressed in it. Atleast now I will not have to think twice before writing a letter and it won't take me 4 hours to write an essay. I still need some practice in one of the more parts and as they say "Practice makes a man PERFECT". But I am sure, with the exercises and a person like my Professor around, I will definitely do very good some day. It's all a matter of time!

"WHY WE CRAVE HORROR MOVIES" By Stephen King

1) To some extent, I agree with stephen king regarding his ideology on horror movies. The reason is because some points he said are absolutely right. Watching some one in pain or watching them killed is not a good thing. Its not really humanly to cheer and clap on someone's misery or death. Stephen King is right in the facts regarding the Horror movies. But to call some one Mentally ILL or SICK or saying that some one's a mad man outside the asylum just because he is enjoying watching horror movies is something i would totally disagree with.

2) SAW (Parts 1-6)
Wrong Turn (Part 1-3)
Child's Play (Part 1-4)
Final Destination (Part 1-3)
These are some movies which, according to me, were very well directed and made. Ofcourse, they are not for every one but for those who like watching horror movies. These movies did the most business and were watched by many people. The sequels of these movies wouldn't have been produced if they were not demanded by people. It is very obvious that sequels are made when public likes the first part and wants to see more of such things. It's all about the demand and the supply. And ofcourse, as everyone knows that these horror movies are just a work of fiction. There is nothing real in such movies and that makes it something which people are totally aware of.

3) When Steven King says, "As long as you keep the gators fed", He means that as long as you keep the general public happy by giving them what they want. Be it emotional and romantic movies or horror movies. His arguments are credible to some extent but it doesn't change anything. People will see what they want and they will watch it and no one can stop them. Once again, its all about Money.

100 people, 100 different perspective. Some will say horror movies are good, some will say its bad. It all depends from person to person. I Love to watch horror movies and I also agree with stephen King and I believe that his arguments are credible to some extent.