Find Your Form

When I hear "let's work out" I let out a sigh and feel like letting my body collapse to the floor, but this year things took a turn for me. about a month ago I met a new friend who practically lives to build muscle mass and is extremely proud of his personal transformation. I asked him if maybe I could go to the gym with him and learn his powerful ways of lifting weights -- as I am only a small synthesis of five spaghetti strands. He was more than willing to bring me along. I try to go to the gym with him everyday and though they are tiny, I see improvements in my body. 

Going to the gym has benefited me in many ways other than just being healthy and strong, in fact I have realized many philosophy's. One of them is finding your form. My friend trained me beginning with light weights and at first I thought maybe he just did not want to push my limits, but the true reason was that he believed it was important for me to find my form first. Having good form in weight lifting is very important in order to avoid injury of pulling something in your body. I have found a good form for most of the workouts so far bu there are others that I am still working on: it takes time to find and perfect your form.

I began to apply this to a different scenario, education. So far throughout my college experience I came to the conclusion that getting by elementary school through high school should have been fairly easy to accomplish given that most of the resources are provided to be successful. I wondered, why was it so hard for me? I did not have good form. In education it is important to build good study habits, time management skills, ability to focus, and much more. Elementary school through high school is the perfect time for students to find good form in education and for teachers to show students what good form looks like. Once students have found their form they will be prepared to take on the "big boy weights" meaning college and achieving higher education. So always make sure to focus on your form in order to get muscle gains and brain gains c: . 

Revision

I have tried to adjust my writing to fit in the microtheme style. I am not sure if this has improved or maybe I should switch gears and consider a different topic? All feedback is much appreciated c: also does this title fit the content?

Vanessa Arenas

Dr. Kyburz

College Writing (9:00 am)

23 October 2017

A Dog and Their Human

I began to think about how my dog has a short attention span -- this lured me to deep thought about how a dog’s memory works. In my thought process it became clear that dogs are not capable of storing memories -- meaning my dog does not remember anything we have been through! If my dog cannot remember our past then I need to understand how to make our bond stronger in an alternative way. Dogs base most of their learning on rhythmic memory, what are the causes if humans spent more time with their dogs?

One cause of spending time with your dog could create a rhythm as they begin to build more trust and love for their humans. Playing with your dog every day at a specific time might make them count on the special time they spend one on one with their owners. Another cause of spending more time with your dog can help both the human and dog  feel a strong spiritual bond. Eventually pet owners might feel a special spark with their dog that is irreplaceable. If humans spend little time with their dogs then maybe the dog does not feel such a strong connection.

A dog’s memory cannot be tampered with so humans are stuck with dogs who cannot remember their past. Humans should not feel sad or stress about their dog is consciousness. If dogs can love their humans regardless of their memories: maybe love is stronger than just an event. If humans spent more time with their dogs, then maybe the spiritual bond will become much stronger than a bond based on memories.  

No Long Term. No Short Term.

Vanessa Arenas

Dr. Kyburz

College Writing (9:00 am)

23 October 2017

No Long Term. No Short Term.

One day I noticed while talking to my dog that he is easily distracted -- this fact brought me to deep thought about how a dog’s memory works. In my thought process it became clear to me that dogs are not capable of storing memories -- meaning my dog does not remember anything we have been through! This is incredibly sad as I questioned, Is there a true connection between owners and their dogs?

Dogs have the ability to imprint on humans and other dogs. This really only works as a mechanism to remember who someone is, not exactly remembering their past in the relationship.  If dogs could remember everything between them and their owner maybe they would not have the same love for their owners. For example if a person were to accidentally hurt their dog maybe the dog would never feel safe again. A true connection cannot be based on memories for dogs, but perhaps they see the world in a way us humans can not even imagine. It is obvious to see that dogs do love their humans whether it be because it is the hand that feeds them or the one that cuddles them.

A dog’s memory cannot be tampered with so humans are stuck with dogs who cannot remember their past. Humans should not feel sad about this or stress about if their dog is conscious of them. If dogs can love their humans regardless of their memories: maybe love is stronger than just an event. Maybe dogs have a stronger connection with their humans spiritually.

Just a Throw Back

Rhetoric narratives are very fun in my opinion because there is no limits to adding in your own style to the writing in order to give the full experience of the event being displayed. I wrote a very personal narrative in my junior year of high school and I used to be afraid to show it to people -- I am now proud to share this story. I do not see it as strange anymore, I see it as me finding my strength. Because we are working on a narrative in class I thought I could share my narrative for everyone to read and see a side of myself that not many people are aware of. To add additional context this assignment was to be written in a way where the problem that is being overcome is revealed only in the end. Enjoy :) .

A Friend

           I typically hear that the toughest battle in a person’s life will be with themselves, I never really understood when anyone said this, I would just nod my head in agreement because of how wise it sounded. Even now I still believe this phrase can be understood in many different ways as it does for me. The experience that allowed me to first understand this phrase definitely had a strong meaningful impact on my life, more importantly it allowed me to understand and find myself.
Mid-December of 2014 I stumbled upon who became to be my only friend for eight months; during this time I was going through a harsh break up. My friend, she was interesting, I had never met anyone like her before. Her words, often comforting in the beginning -- at least I believed so – but she was a deceiving and a dogmatic girl, there was never an end to her virulent thoughts. She acted sweet as if she was being supportive but her intentions were to debilitate me with her constant arguing and stubborn points of view. Every day our arguments became more one sided to where only she had a say on how I felt; she dictated my life and broke me down to tears every night with no regret or sympathy, yet I still told her everything.
           “I think I’m getting better, I think I might be fine without him” feeling at peace with myself after recovering for several months while resting on my bed who always had open arms for me             
“Are you kidding me? You obviously need him, you are obsessed with him!” here she goes again for the thousandth time, at this point not even caring for sugar coating and just attacking me with her opinions.
           “What… no I am not! I know it’s been hard but I know if I try I can get over him. Why do you always do this to me?” I usually never stood up for myself but I finally realized she was dragging me down. I had to make a change and stay strong.
           “You are a stupid child. You are capable of nothing, not love nor happiness, just stop trying. There is no point” Each time she spoke it was as if I was snow white eating a poison apple – my throat drying up, my eyes start to water, I get smaller and smaller, now only she speaks: my opinion is silenced. “That’s all you are good for, crying. You are worthless.”
           “NO! Stop it! Get out of my life and get out of my head you irritating piece of crap! I do not need you I have had enough! I am capable of anything I set my mind to, but you, because of you I cannot grow and I am sick and tired of all you have to say. You lying bastard!” I stood up and looked straight into her eyes my voice cracking each time I dared to yell louder.
           “You don’t know what you are saying, you can’t stand alone, haha you are pathetic. Don’t you know Vanessa? I am here to stay. I will never leave you whether you like –” her voice simmers down but it is mocking.
           “Shut up just shut up already! You are done here, you are not needed, get away, get away, just get away! Just stop talking and get away and never come back because I will not allow it ever!”  I cut her off, my fists clenched, eyes shut, heart pumping as fast as a cheetah runs, my words spill with passion every last one right before I stop to catch a breath. Pure silence – my heart slows down and I unclench my fists and I wipe away my tears and I look into the mirror, “You did it Vanessa, she is gone. You are a beautiful person and you will be so much better without her” I cannot help but smile and release a chuckle as I realize I have gained control of my mind, that I have found peace. I look again to the girl in the mirror: she looks tired worn out for she has won the battle. Her name is no longer anxiety; her name is Vanessa.

Rhetoricity

In my writing class we began to talk about rhetoricity. To try and put it in my own blunt words -- rhetoricity is adding style to writing which will help get the ultimate point of the writing understood by the reader. But in class I began to learn that rhetoricity is used not only in writing but when we communicate to others (e.g. facial expressions, body language, and words).
I began to think about how often there are triangles of love in friend groups and of course a choice has to be made in a sense of "who gets the girl". More than often it all comes down to personality but people can give off a certain vibe depending on their rhetoricity. There might be a shy guy that feels he gets no where with love but could it be that he does not have the right tone when approaching someone he likes. While a "chick magnet" has the smoothest time picking up girls because they will use a tone in their voice and body language to attract others.
Rhetoricity is very interesting because it is something that has to be thought about when going into any type of situation that involves communicating with others. People cannot use the same tone when trying to get a girl versus going to say a speech about politics because they need different tones to be addressed properly. People can talk without thinking about style but they will not get the results they look for if they do not prepare their tone.