Sedaris’ “Standing By”

David Sedaris's "Standing By" is a story that describes what is happening when he has to wait for a delayed flight.  There are multiple actions or conversations that happen when impatient grows and the employees do not want to work anymore, like how one of the bald man said, “None of them want to work...All any of them care about is their next goddam coffee break” (277).  Sedaris shows the emotions of everyone.  He shifts around to listen and look at the people around him, like how he said, “One minute you’re bending to unlace your shoes, and then next thing you know you’re paying fourteen dollars for a fruit cup, wondering. How did I get here?” (Sedaris 276).  Sometimes we don’t even realize what we are doing when we are at the airline for hours.  We, the people become like crazy people; Sedaris says “We’re forever blaming the airline industry for turning us into monsters…But what if this is who we truly are?” (277).When the environment changes, everyone becomes angry and annoyed because we don’t get what we want. This shows that we should be more patient and not push.  

 Works Cited

Sedaris, David. "Standing By" First Year Composition Reader. Boston: Pearson, 2011. 275-277.Print.

Assignment 2

   In this course I expect to do more writing and reading than in high school.  This course will "invite them to develop more complicated composing strategies for responding to their own and others' concerns."  I will need to understand the readings and  interpret it using various of specific examples from the texts to support my idea of the stories we will read in class.  By the end of this semester, I expect to be able to write good constructed papers with the help that I get and with the time I give.  The Student Guide has encouraged me to adapt for the upcoming given work. It will not be easy and quick, it is going to take time. There will be help offered to improve my writings and to ask questions. This course is to help me understand the fun in writing, but at the same time to understand the coursework. Before I came to class, upperclassmen did say “you will be writing a lot in that class, prepare to work hard and write, write, write!” So it is true, this course will come down to all the work I completed.  At the end of the semester my portfolio is to be graded to see if I pass.
   The most concerning thing for me is the no excused absences.  This is a concern because I tend to get sick a lot in the winter!  I mean it's unfair because being sick is not something that can be cured right away.  Although I do understand the policy very well.  After reading the Student Guide, the policies are clear and everything that I do in this class will be a plus plus for my future. 
 

Introduction

I am Pa Houa Moua and I'm from a small town call Kaukauna.  I have 10 people in my family and I am the youngest.  On my free time I love to clean, I like my things and my place to be organize and clean.  My clothes are organize in colors of the rainbow.  I love to watch and play sports, the sports that I play most are soccer and volleyball.  Green Bay Packers are the best, but sadly they done for the season.  One big dream for me is to travel around the world.  I want to explore other countries and cultures.  I enjoy seeing and learning new things.  In school I aim for always doing and not trying my best because my parents did not have that chance, and I want to fulfill their dreams as best I can.  I want to be in a learning environment that would help succeed and give as much feedback so I can correct myself. 

I thought that this was a fun topic to do, so I gave it a try at it (i. Compose a simile that reflects my personal view of writing...) "For me, writing is like peeling an orange." I say this because writing needs sources to support the main idea. Therefore I need to research and dig deeper into the meaning(s) like I have to take a bite of the orange to know if its sweet, sour or both.