Theory of Team Work

My group, b2k, had the semicolon for our presentation. I already knew most ways to use a semicolon, but there were some things I learned. there aren't actually that many arguments on when to use a semicolon. All of the books we looked at at the same rules for the semicolon. I thought that was interesting because the other groups that presented had punctuation marks that don't have real clear rules that everyone follows.
I decided to check out youtube and see what informational videos they had on semicolons. I was actually amazed to find a really interesting and somewhat helpful video on commas, semicolons, and parenthesis. Its cool. You jshould check it out if you get bored.
Anyway, I thought our group worked really well together. We found a fun way to teach the class about semicolons instead of just standing up there and talking monotone. Yay B2K !

Theory of Fairness

Fair Use
The website did a good job on explaining what fair use is, however I am not sure I agree with it. I do not understand why you are not allowed to use the entire work even if you site it. I have used entire songs for projects before as background music and I never once thought I was plagiarizing?! I do believe people should receive credit for their work, but how are we supposed to get the information we need to use if we can not use the "main points" of the article. If I was looking for a topic other than that of the article I was reading, then I would be reading a different article. There should definitely be a mandatory bibliography for everything that has borrowed work, but if credit is given where credit is due, why are we not allowed to use the credited source?

Theory of Self Motivation

I recently read a literacy narrative on Malcom X. I found it a little crazy that a man would actually read the dictionary. I looked online to see if I could find out if other people really do read the dictionary and I found a youtube video (below) of a man actually reading straight out of the dictionary. I always thought the dictionary would be boring to read, but until listening to this guy, I didn't gain the respect for Malcolm X that he deserved. This guy had a lot of determination and must have been very eager to learn those words. I knew Malcolm X never had a lot of education, and it makes me wonder whether i could learn more in jail than I am learning in school. I wonder if that kind of situation would motivate you to educate yourself.
The other literary narrative I read seemed just as interesting. I guess it is possible to learn whatever you want whenever you want as long as you want to do it. The little boy began reading when he was three, that;s amazing. I was quick to learn how to read as well, but it took me a long time to learn how to tell time and this kid was doing that as well. I give most of the credit to the grandparents though, because they were the boy's motivation. The only reason the boy wanted to learn how to read and tell time was so he could be like his grandmother. Her encouragement for the boy allowed him to be the first in the family to graduate college. Kudos to Grandma!