4/19 Class Reaction

Duct Tape- (Check!)

I would of never thought when coming to class on 4/19 that we would be duct taping our mouths closed. It was a lot harder to communicate with only hand and eye movement, some people understand verbal directions better than hand signals. So, this presented a challenge to some of the "talkers" in class. One thing I enjoyed was walking past people and they would look at you like you had a problem, like you was crazy. I just duct taped my mouth that's it lol! But, I really enjoyed the walk on the canal, even though my legs where kind of hurting from carrying my laptop bag, I think my bag might weigh more than me.

The way we communicate plays a big role in whether somebody understands you and how clear you get your point across. With your mouth ducted taped you really can't get to much across, people will have mixed thoughts about what it is your trying to say/explain in gestures. Even though you get a lot of information about a person on how they stand, sit, and even eye motions. All of these counts as gestures I would say, because if you are saying one thing but your gesture is saying another, you could possible offend someone. This has happen to me, I have been told that sometimes I can come across rude when text messaging friends, HOW IN THE WORLD IS THAT? I figured that sending a text message is sort of like having your mouth duct taped in a sense, the person can only take the worlds and how they want to interpret them. So, I'm ready to duct taped our hands together and in class we should have some type of hands on activity to see how hard it is when you have to use other methods to solve the activity.

Seeing vs. Looking

Definitions: (My Opinion)

Looking: is the direction your eyes are pointed at a particular point in time. You are

Seeing: is actual being able to describe what you see and recalling what you seen if asked you at a later date.

Both are quite similar, but to me this is what they mean.

4/12 Class Reaction

Well, today's class was quite interesting, just seeing what some people considered their "identity". I know that my identity is spread out now across my 3 children, they are the reason I live and continue to push everyday. But, class was quite interesting when the teacher went around the room and stereotyped everyone. I thought the teacher when came around to me, that I was quite, most people say that until they know me. Too bad I had to leave class early, we were watching willitblend.com and the man on there was blending all types of items. I thought it was quite funny when he blended the ipad and it was in complete dusty. But, other than that class was nice and smooth and I always love sitting-sideways!!

Who the hell are you?

Think about yourself... Who are you? Who do you want to be? Who knows the real you? Do you have any idea who you will be 20 years from now? When I was young I thought I would be someone completely different from who I am today, and I know I will be someone different in 5 years... How has new media had an impact on who you are? How have you adapted to college life? These are all just examples of how to think about this assignment. There are billions and billions more ways... What can you come up with?

I had two people write about me, the first knows me very well and the second person doesn't really know me.

Cushandra Andrews says:
"As long as I have known Anthony Marshall, he has been very goal oriented and determined. Anthony is very much focused on becoming successful and setting a foundation not only for himself but for his children as well. Anthony is also very personable. Many may not know this, but he is a bit of a goof ball. but, on the flip-side of that it's extremely hard to get him to open up. His guards are always up and he doesn't let too many people into his world. He figures the fewer people he lets in, means fewer disappointments he will encounter."

Catinya Brown says:
"I really don't know a lot about Anthony Marshall. But, what I do know of him is that he is pursuing his education, that he's a father and around me he is a little quiet. But, he is a good looking guy, clean cut and dress very well."

Well, I must say that the two individuals who wrote about me is only describing 20% of me. As I stated before my three sons (Jeramyah, Sean, and Zahrius) are my world, I love them to death. Next to that I'm very serious about my education, because without an education where would I be in the world? I graduate May 9th 2010, but I have two summer classes that I have to take in order to receive my diploma. Right after that I'm suppose to be starting graduate school (New Media still), I have been talking a lot to the Masters adviser and my academic adviser about the direction I should pursue. Hopefully after completing the Masters program at IUPUI, I may take a break for a semester. After that break I want to pursue a doctorate degree, I'm undecided on what I want to pursue. So, as you see I'm very serious about my education, I want to set a standard, a bar for my children, nieces, and nephews. It upsets me to see so much talent that people possess and it goes to waste. As before I mentioned my company 26 Entertainment, we are a media company that offers consulting, promotions, marketing, graphic/web design, audio/video production, artist development, direct mailing, event planning. We offer just about anything that a individual or company could need or want. I would say these last 16 months have been very beneficial to my company, I have built up my portfolio, gained business partners and connections that will last a life time. I currently film video productions for Adore (local R&B Group), Milton Maxwell (Comedian), Alonda Lovell (Poet), 3 rap artist and this is on a regular. One thing that I'm about to start doing that I think is very beneficial for my portfolio/company, is teaching the youth (ages 12-17) graphic/web design, and video production at Friendship. (The old boys and girls club on West 16th.) Now, we are dealing with trying to get the Adobe suites and some nice computers, so I can have the opportunity to teach the youth, while giving back to the community with different projects that we plan on pursuing. I'm very big on sharing the education that I receive to get other interested or willing to help along with what I do. With my degrees, I doubt if I use them in my field of study, I would rather show younger kids and I'm hoping that by doing this that I spark an interest and this will motivate them.

Now to answer a couple questions from the assignment:
In 20 years, I see myself in a suit and tie, attending business meetings for my company and any other ventures that I pursue in my life. I'm a people person, I may come off shy at first, that's because I like to sit back and listen to others. I listen before opening my mouth and that was instilled in me by my mother at a young age. Coming from the area that I come from you would think that I would have been another statistic, but I thank my parents for keeping me in order. Most of my friends that I knew or grew up with didn't graduate from High School, not because they weren't smart or couldn't make the grades, they just got involved with the wrong people and messed up a portion of they life. I'm always very optimistic about life and the things that happen to me, so I take everyday like it's my last. I love with no question, I value friends, family, and me as a person. I know I'm not perfect, but everyday there is a struggle because I try to better myself as a person, father, and son. Next month seems unbelievable to me, I have worked soooo hard for this degree and I see it as a stepping stone of many accomplishments that I plan on pursuing. Even after typing all of this about me, I still feel like I could next explain the real me, so I'm just going to leave it to you to assume, but hey you can't worry about what people think about you (good or bad), YOU ONLY KNOW THE REAL YOU!

3/29 Class Recap

Today was quite an interesting class, seems like everybody got they issues and they need to be talked about. Seems like whenever somebody has something going on in their life and they decide to discuss it with the class, EVERYONE listens and can relate. But, I want to comment on next weeks assignment, I LOVE IT!! That's all I have to say, because I have some plans on where I want to be in some years and how I see my life in the future. But, other than that class was intense today, listen to one of our classmates discuss what has recently taken place in her life. I couldn't do nothing but listen and felt my heart drop watching her go through this. Just because I know that what happened to her, could of easily happen to me or someone close to me and that's scary. This class gets more intense and interesting ever class, I would say this is the best class by far that I have taken at IUPUI!!

Fear factor

When trying to think about something that I wanted to do my "fear" experiment over, I was stuck. But, in the back of my mind I always knew that I was kind of shy about revealing what have happen to me in the past. But, I was inspired when the teacher(Beth) stood in the chair and conquering one of her fears and basically exposing herself. So, the whole week I was deciding on whether or not I wanted to show and tell about my eye. The only thing I wasn't planning on doing was taking my eye out, but when Beth asked I thought about it and took it out. I have never showed a whole class, the only people who have seen it is some people that is real close to me. But, now I feel more comfortable then before, so now I'm ready to show the world, well not really. The reactions were pleasant I thought, cause I like the way some of the students looked after I took my eye out, it was funny.

The best experiment I would have to say would be when (I forget the students name) but, Beth went up to the cage and looked inside it like something was going to jump out. I thought it was a spider in the cage, but it turned out to be a paper spider.

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