Composition

On the first day of class I stated that I am a senior who is in a basic comp class because I couldn’t test out even though I had taken advanced composition at Oakland Univ. My initial perspective on the class fell along the lines of, I don’t need this class, it’s a waste and delaying my graduation. I also stated that I disliked writing.
Now that it is the last day, I realize the value of the assignments. This class was not what I expected it to be, I found it difficult!!!!! When I say difficult I mean that it forced me to think creatively. To be honest, I felt as though my major (Poly Sci-orientated around statistics) drained any sort of creative writing skills I thought I once had. These assignments where difficult for me because they forced me to write in way I haven’t written before (or at least in awhile). They forced me to discuss my ideas with family, coworkers and McGinnis. I don’t think I have ever emailed a professor as much as McGinnis. I actually enjoyed brainstorming even though I found it time consuming. On the way home from work (during rush hour) I would think of ideas and distribute them via emails to see if I was on track.

I enjoyed all three of the assignments and they helped me discover a side of writing I forgot I had. Great class and I would recommend it to any one! The challenge is worth the outcome.

Transformers is my post for this week.  Ill make next week profound!

The discursive role I have chosen to write about is soon to be college grad in the workplace.

This will mainly revolve around my experiences in office work/internships and possibly

include some future endeavors, interview process etc.

I picked this role because it is the most relevant in my life right now and will be for a

lot of college grads.

 I picked office space (movie transcript) to frame my discourse around, a lot of what I

experienced already is very similar to concepts revealed in the movie.

I was laid off due to consultants then hired back. Getting laid off even at my age put me

through a variety of emotions like questioning my self-worth,

success, even though the laying off had much of nothing to do with me personally.

Now that I was hired back for the summer I notice the company

looks completely different, I have met all sorts of personalities that exist within

 Office Space.

Here are a few rough samples of some figures I would use.

Being Managed 

Bill

Yeah. If you could just go ahead and make sure you do that from now on,
that will be great. And Uh, I'll go ahead and make sure you get another
copy of that memo Mmmm, Ok?

Motivation

BRIAN
Oh. Sounds like a case of the Mondays.

Self-Worth 

TOM
They're bringing in a consultant - that's how I know. That's what this
staff meeting is all about! That's what happened at Initrode last year.
You have an interview with a consultant and they bring in efficiency
experts. You're interviewing for your own job!

 Representation

 JOANNA
That's where you know, suspenders and buttons and all sorts of stuff.
We're, uh, we're actually required to wear fifteen pieces of flair.
quite stupid actually.

There are many other concepts within the movie I will use.

To fill in gaps I may include The Office (I prefer british version  ) series

in addition to some poetry, critical philosophy and narratives.

Like most of you, I loved transformers as a kid.  I was very skeptical when I heard this movie was coming out  for two reasons.  First, how will the cartoon be translated in “real life” graphics and second how cheesy will the plot be? I typically watch oscar nom movies because I enjoy the levels that exist within them (vs shiney object approach i.e. all action/graphics).  The only reason why I saw transformers was because my nephew was interested.  I was especially discouraged when I heard the movie was 2hrs +. After watching the first 10minutes I was in awe at the graphics.  I could watch the transformers transform for 12hrs, it is amazing how smoothly the developers created the movie.  So obviously my first concern was answered.

As for the plot line….One thing I knew going into the movie was that cheesyness was inevitable because its a cartoon gone ‘real life’. As expected it was cheesy but more importantly there was an underbelly to the movie.  The filmmakers built a critique of political ideology which added a levelI never thought would exist.   There was a highly developed critique of the u.s. public’s perception of government as being a ‘foreign’ or ‘out of reach’ entity.  I won’t go into specifics for those of you that haven’t seen the movie  but keep that in mind while watching it.  During the credits there was a character answering questions which confirmed my guess at the filmmakers intentions.  I even think the actual transformers are secondary to the true meaning of the movie.

I ended up enjoying the movie and I would see it again.