Tweet Tweet!

The 1 week of twitter assignment was a very unique one. i think it is important that students get involved in social networks, and think it was a great idea for an assignment.

i had already been a twitter user for a short time before the assignment, but did not tweet very often. i mainly used it to follow some celebrities, namely Kanye West. Kanye has a reputation for posting very funny and strange tweets. i am also i big fan of his music, so i am able to stay posted on his upcoming album by following him on twitter. 

i am not much of a tweeter, but sometimes i like to post things i think are interesting or funny, or just things that are going on in my life. i am not an idiot, so i do not post absolutely everything i do on facebook or on twitter. i am pretty selective about what i let get posted on the internet, because i have had classmates get into trouble over things posted on these sites.

i think this assignment got me a little more acquainted with twitter, but im not in love with it. i will continue to use the site, but i am not going to use it nearly as much as i use facebook. i think that twitter is more of a place for friends like celebrities and informal relationships than formal people in our lives. i dont think twitter is a place for family members or employees or teachers.i think that the things people like to post for their friends are not the things they want employers or family to see sometimes. i think there is a plce for twitter, but im not sure that it is entirely right for me. 

Diversity Event

I went to the Teenager at Alcatraz diversity event, and i really enjoyed hearing the story that the man told.
The man was a Choctaw storyteller who traveled around the country and told his stories to people. He had done lots of research over the years and told his stories in great detail.
The story we heard was about 2 boys growing up on a Choctaw reservation and getting into some trouble. At one point the boys went to a restaurant to watch the people eat and a man came out and threw bleach on them to ruin their clothes. then they had to go back and they got in trouble for ruining the clothes that the reservation school had given them to wear to town.
Later on when the two boys grew up more they decided they would rob some stores to pay their rent. they successfully robbed a restaurant but didnt get much money. they then decided to rob a convenience store and it went horribly wrong. they ended up shooting a man and one of the boys was sentenced to a prison sentence, which he served at Alcatraz. He eventually tried to escape the prison and was told to kill one of the guards, but he couldnt do it. he was caught trying to escape but was let go because he had let the guard live.
the story really showed me how the life of the Choctaws is different from my own, and that people can really change for the better in prison.