Monday, September 12, 2011

Introductions

Hello all,

For this first post, briefly introduce yourself (major, career plans, dog's name, and so on) and name your favorite work of literature.  If you don't have a favorite work, describe the quality (or qualities) you like your literature to possess.

I'll get you started . . . My name is Matthew Woodman, and I've been teaching at CSUB for eleven years.  For fun, I like photography and painting, and when I'm not entertaining my two-year-old son, I'm trying to teach myself how to play the guitar (so far, it's not going well).  I have many favorite works of literature, but if I were to recommend one piece, it would be Orhan Pamuk's The New Life.  It's a great novel about traveling and finding/losing oneself.  While I'm at it, I'd also recommend Pablo Neruda's collection of poetry titled The Book of Questions; here's one such question: "Where is the child I was, / still inside me or gone?"

44 comments:

  1. My name is Vannia Colado. I am currently a Business major at CSUB. My career goals are to apply for an internship in Accounting around my junior year to gain experience in the accounting field and figure out whether it is the beginning of my career. On my spare time, I enjoy hanging out in the outdoors, relaxing with other people; going out to places like a theater or an amusement park; and I simply like to try new things I've never attempted before. I don't have a favorite piece but a book I enjoy and would recommend is The Help because the novel demonstrates and discusses racism, bravery, and friendship.

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  2. My name is Breanne Miller. I am currently a Child Development major at CSUB and hope to become an elementary school teacher. While im not at school im working at an elementary school to gain experience. I really enjoy hanging out with my dog, being athletic, and spending time with my family. I dont necessarily have a favority work but I really enjoy literature that are true stories or are based on true events.

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  3. Hello, my name is Amy Ricciardi. I am currently a Business major here at CSUB. I am not sure what I want to be when I graduate college, but i would like to be a successful business woman. I have four animals; two dogs and two cats, their names are Choo Choo, Rocky, Mr. Kitty, and Lolo. I miss them dearly, since they live with my family in my home town. I play softball here at CSUB. I like to spend time with my friends (Karissa Veiga) and do weird stuff. I thoroughly enjoy the Ellen Hopkins series; Crank, Impulse, Burned, etc. I think her writing style is very intriguing along with her books. See you all in class!

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  4. My name is Marben Foronda. I am currently a Nursing major here at CSUB and it's actually my last quarter here. After this quarter, I'm going to try to get my CNA license to work as a CNA while waiting for the RN programs, that I applied to, to accept me. Tennis is my major hobby and it's the only sport I play; I've been playing it ever since Freshman in high school, and I'm a Junior in college now. The book that I really enjoyed reading was "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer. The book was about the life of Chris McCandles, about how he lived and died in the Alaskan wilderness. The mystery and the adventure of this book really caught my attention and pulled me to keep reading it.

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  5. My name is Andrew Jimenez I am a junior at Cal State Bakersfield studying Communications and Kinesiology. When I’m done with school I plan on becoming a sports broadcaster. The city that I am from is Santa Paula California so I stay in the dorms during the school year. On my spare time I like to play sports, hang out with family or friends, listen to music, and travel the world. I don’t have a specific favorite work of literature but the quality of literature that stands out the most to me is poetry. This is one of the reasons I chose this class because I want to improve my overall literature skills especially poetry.

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  6. My name is Bre Senn and I am a freshmen at CSUB. I am looking into becoming a Kinesiology major. I would like to become a physical therapist. I have two cats and one dog at home and I love them. I have a younger sister who is my bestfriend. I am a receptionist at Great Clips and spend most of my time at school or at work. My favorite author would have to be Sarah Dessen. I've read almost all of her books and I love the way she writes. I always feel like I am in the book with the way she writes.

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  7. My name is Maria Bravo I am a sophmore at CSUB. My major is CAFS and I hope to become a junior high teacher. I have a kitten that I love, I am the first to attend college in my family and I hope to do them proud. My favorite type of literature is historical I enjoy reading about peoples lives during a historic moment for example Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck and Night by Elie Wiesle.
    --Maria Bravo

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  8. My name is Ruby Jacobo and I am a sophomore at CSUB. I am pursuing a degree in Business Administration. I would like to open a small business later in life. I like to spend time with my family and friends. I consider myself as calm and quiet. My favorite piece of literature would be Romeo and Juliet because of the dramatization.

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  9. Hello, my name is Yasmin Ramirez and I am a Sophomore at CSUB. My major is currently undeclared, but I do find interest in majoring in either a Science or Criminal Justice. I work at Starbucks, and have been working there for over 3 years. I enjoy my job. For fun, I like to shop, play sports, excersise, spend time with my boyfriend, have family nights, visit beaches, go to amusement parks and watch netfliks. I do not read many books, nor do I have a favorite work of literature, but most of what i have read in the past are Science Fiction books. I'm really into Starwars and how detailed living in a completely new galaxy is, it expands my mind in thinking beyond the norm. I feel that a book should makes me feel the same when i am reading it.

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  10. Hello, my name is Janette Zamago and I am a senior at CSUB. My major is Criminal Justice with a minor in Sociology. My career gaol is to become a juvenile mentor and make a difference in our youths lives. I am currently working two jobs, which are for Sylvan Learning Center and Payless. On my spare time I like to spend time with my family and Boyfriend. I enjoy going to concerts and watching movies. I don't read as much as I did when I was younger but one of my favorite work of Literature is a memoir called "Funny in Farsi" written by, Firoozeh Dumas, I would recommend this memoir for all to read.

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  11. Hello, my name is Ashley Barraza and I am now entering my second year of school here at CSUB.I am undeclared as of now but I have an interest in either nursing or teaching. I come to school along with working a part time job at Panera Bread.I have worked there a little over six months I can honestly say I'm happy there. The enviorment along woth my co-workers make the work day go by fast I enjoy the staff as much as I do the customers. I don't really have an interest in books as of now but I do enjoy reading Nicholas Sparks books one of my favorites would have to ne " A Walk to Remember" and of course I have seen the movie. I guess I Would have to say I like books that turn into movies and trilogies just like Twilight or Harry Pottery. I have gained a bigger appreaciation of reading though my first year of college. Reading to me helps me better understand things rather than someone explaining because of the misinterpration it can cause.

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  12. Hello, My name is Maria Badillo and this is my second year at CSUB. My major was liberal studies but now i have changed to Business and Administration. I have four dogs and their names are ruby, khloe, tom, and tommy I love them all. I like spending time with my family and friends. My favorite type of literature has to be Italian Renaissance the age of Michelangelo and Leonardo de Vinci because of the their religion story's of their paintings.

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  13. hello, my name is Kaela Robinson. This is my third year here at CSUB. My major is nursing. I don't have any pets, don't really like animals. I like to keep myself very busy. When im not at school im working at either McDonalds or taco bell. I don't really have a favorite piece of Literature, although some qualities that i would like my literature to possess are originality and creativity. i like reading things that interest me.

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  14. Hello, My name is Guadalupe Perez. I'm currently undeclared and this is my third year at CSUB. I have one dog named Indio. He came with that name and i didn't feel like changing it. I also have four horses that I don't frequently ride. When I pick up a book to read, its usually a non-fiction book but i dont mind reading other types of genres .

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  15. Hey Everyone,

    My name is Morgan Todd. This is my first quarter at CSUB. I previously attended Pierce College in the San Fernando Valley concentrating on Deaf Studies. My major at CSUB is Liberal Studies. My ultimate goal is to obtain a Masters Degree from Cal State Northridge in Deaf Studies. Career wise, I would like to teach ASL to young school age children, both hearing and deaf. I am incredibly passionate about the LA Deaf Community and am actively involved although I currently reside in Bakersfield. When it comes to literature, I enjoy reading novels based in the 1940's and 1950's. For example, my favorite book is "Valley of the Dolls" by Jacqueline Susann. I enjoy all forms of media set in this time period because I am especially drawn to the culture and lifestyle of people within this period. Dirty martini's at the Copacabana, Frank Sinatra mingling at the CalNeva, or anything related to "Here's Lookin' at You Kid," will keep me completely occupied for hours. See you in class!

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  16. My name is Trish Gines and I'm a Nursing major. I'm currently a full time student and also work part time. I also have to keep myself busy or else I go completely nuts. I don't have a particular favorite piece of literature, but I do prefer reading mysterious literature with mind-blowing endings.

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  17. Hello, my name is Crystal Nichols and I am a sophomore at CSUB majoring in Liberal Studies. I aspire to be an elementary school teacher (preferably a kindergarten or first grade teacher to be specific). When I'm not cramming my brain with information for an exam, I'm most likely spending money that I do not have on clothing that I do not need, playing with my dog Stormie, or hanging out with some of my close friends and family members. Sadly, I cannot remember the last time I actually picked up a book and read for enjoyment. I am not into books like that and reading is somewhat of a pill to me. But, most of the pieces of literature that I have somewhat enjoyed are those that are based on true events.

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  18. Hello my name is Karissa Veiga and I am a sophomore at CSUB. I am planning to major in business but as of right now I am undeclared. I would love to some day have a successful career but I dont know what that career should be yet. I have no animals and I dedicate all of my spare time to the CSUB softball program and my roomate(Amy Ricciardi). My favorite piece of literature is Twilight. I think its awesome and I enjoy romance novels because I am an emotional female.

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  19. Hello, my name is Prabhjeet kaur and I'm a Nursing major and hope to become a nurse. I try to do some volunteer work to gain experience. I enjoy watching TV,movies, or going to theater. My favorite type of literature so far is twilight series by Stephanie meyer and I also like some other books by Nicolas sparks.I like mysterious story books. Also,a long time ago I read Holes by Louis Sachar, I really liked it.

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  20. Hello, My name is Leonard Benitez i am a freshman at csub i am majoring in business administration. i am a big fan of cars and wish to open up a shop one day. i have a dog well its my sisters really his name is tommy he is a small sized poodle. I'm not really much of a reader but i did read a book once it was "always running" by the author Luis J. Rodriguez. this book was basically about his life when he was a child and living in Los angeles while they would get mistreated by the fellow classmates just because they where hispanics also including the reasons why they got into gangs to get revenge on the people who treated them like less of a person for their skin color.

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  21. Hello, my name is Ashlee Taira, this is my first year at CSUB. I am a junior transfer from Bakersfield College. I am double majoring in Criminal Justice and Liberal Studies. I plan to either become a teacher, or work somewhere in law enforcement. I do not have a favorite peiece of literature, but when I read most of my readings have been about romance.

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  22. My name is Guillermina Martinez and I am a Criminal Justice major and minor in Psychology. My career goal is to become a police officer. I am currently an explorer for Shafter Pd. I go on ride alongs and volunteer to help the officers with different community events. I am receiving a lot of experience from the explorer program because I basically do everything an officer would. I don’t have as much free time as I used to, so I haven’t had the chance to read any new books like I used to. I don’t have a favorite piece of literature, but I prefer to read books that have to do with true events and at the end of the book you learn something new.

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  23. My name is Amal Aldhulay and I am junior majoring in psychology and minoring in art. After I graduate from CSUB, I hope to get into a graduate school for marriage/famiy therapy. I love drawing and painting and my favorite type of music is R&B. My favorite novel is A Thousand Splended Suns by Khaled Housseini.

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  24. My name is Kregg Jones. I am a sophmore majoring in Business management. I was born and raised in Barbados but i currently live in california. After i graduate i hope to own my own business in Barbados,be one of the main investors in a big manufacturing firm or hopefully play professional basketball. My favorite novel is The Pearl by John Steinbeck.

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  25. My name is amandeep singh. I am from india and came to united states to get education. I am majoring in criminal justice and minoring in sociology. my hobbies are to play football and wrestle. After i graduate i plan on becoming a parole/probation officer or something in that field. i really don't have a favorite novel but i enjoy reading literature about autobiography's of professional athletes and get to know how they got to that stage in there life's.

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  26. Hello my name is Lindsey Higuera. My major is psychology and I hope to go to gradutae school. I like to read mysterious literature but nothing with ghosts

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  27. Hi! My name is Miguel Comparan. I grew up in Orange County then moved out to Bakersfield to attend CSUB. I'm on the wrestling team at CSUB. I wrestle in the 125 pound weight classes division. I help take care of my roommate's dog Copper. He is a basset hound. My major is Accounting and I hope to be a CPA one day. I don't have a favorite literature, but I do enjoy reading stories base on people's truth life.

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  28. Hello, my name is Jayme Marotta and I am a junior majoring in liberal studies. I want to teach the little kiddos eventually, hopefully kindie or 1st grade. My husband and 19 month old daughter are my past time. We like to get out of Bakersfield as much as possible, go hiking, anything outdoors. My first choice literature always seems to be the miserable biographies surrounding all the sad things that go out in this world, although I am a huge sucker for the complicated love stories!

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  29. Hi! My name is Sarah Hoag. I am a business major here at CSUB. I was born in Monterey, CA and have lived there my whole life. I am not sure what I want to do when I graduate. I have a new puppy, Tilly, she is a border collie. I do not have a favorite piece of literature, but I enjoy reading stories that are suspenseful and keep me on my toes.

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  30. Hello, my name is Seham Saef, and I am a sophmore. I am majoring in Liberal Studies; hoping to become a greatful Elemenary Teacher. I have been out of school for a while; taking care of my kids. I like to play basketball. I also enjoy watching my two kids playing outdoor with other children. My favorite literature is the Quran, because it talks about everything you want to know. I also enjoy reading true stories.

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  31. Hello, my name is Seham Saef, and I am a sophmore. I am majoring in Liberal Studies; hoping to become a greatful Elemenary Teacher. I have been out of school for a while; taking care of my kids. I like to play basketball. I also enjoy watching my two kids playing outdoor with other children. My favorite literature is the Quran, because it talks about everything you want to know. I also enjoy reading true stories.

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  32. Hi my name is Raul Politron and I am a junior. I am majoring in criminal justice and minoring in psychology. I am ready for this course and excited to learn more about literature and different styles that come with it. My favorite form of literature I would say is poetry because it lets people express what they are feeling in words.

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  33. Hello, my name is Edwin Hernandez and this is my second year attending CSUB. I am majoring in computer science. Some of my interests include MvC3 and vehicles. One of my favorite novels is No Second Chance by Harlen Coben.

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  34. Hello everyone, my name is Terry Thach and I am a senior. I recently switched my major from Nursing to Liberal Studies and I hope to graduate by the end of this year. As of right now, I'm working two jobs. I'm an associate manager at Edwards Cincemas in the marketplace and I just picked up another job at Spirit, the Halloween store. I have two German Shephards named June and Bluto and if I have time I'd spend my time with them. I enjoy to read novels by Nicholas Sparks because I'm a sucker for love stories.

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  35. Hello, my name is Adrian Aguilar. I am currently a junior and majoring in exercise science. I plan on attending physical therapy school after I graduate. I am also pursuing a career with the California Highway Patrol, but since the academy is on a freeze I'm concentrating on finishing school. I enjoy spending time with family and friends. I have many favorite works of literature, the most recent novels that I've read are Stieg Larsson's Millennium Series (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets' Nest). They're great crime novels.

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  36. My name is Bianca Lopez, I am currently a sohpmore and i am undeclared. I'm not sure what i want to major in at this moment, but i do want to earn my degree on what i choose and hopefully make a career out of it.I have two dogs, their names are Benjamin and Bella. I enjoy spending time with family and friends. I dont have a specific favorite piece of literature, but anything thats about love stories i enjoy reading.

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  37. My name is Carolina Reynoso, I am a junior and I am a business major. I am a full time student and I also I maintain a part time job. I don't have a favorite piece of literature, but I do enjoy reading books that are suspenseful.

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  38. Hello, my name is Kristina Gonzalez. I am a sophomore studying here st CSUB to become a successful business women. I am also apart of CSUB softball program. I have a lovely little dog named Nala. My favorite piece of literature would have to be poetry. Poetry has always been one of my favorites because of the amazing stories that are told in such a creative way.

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  39. Hey, my name is Paulino Auyon. I am a sophmore at CSUB and I'm majoring in Computer Science. I like to make movies and animations for fun and post them up on youtube. I also like to draw and make comics as well. My favorite piece of literature is "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger.

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  40. Hello, my name is Salvador Rodriguez. I am a sophomore and my major is Business. I am a brother of Delta Zeta Tau fraternity. I love to play sports especially Soccer and Basketball. I love to listen to music and my favorite rapper is Kid Cudi. I enjoy watching sports and my favorite teams are the Titans for football and Cavaliers for basketball. Also, I work at Sports Fan located at the mall. My favorite work of literatute is Poetry, I enjoy reading and studying the works of poets and knowing whats on their mind and how they express themselves emotionally threw thir works.

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  41. Hello, my name is Daniel Cortes. I'm currently a sophmore here at CSUB. I like to play sports, especially basketball and soccer. I also play the violin. I've played the violin for more than 7 years now. My favorite work of literature would be autobiographies. I find it interesting to learn of many of the great people that have impacted society as a whole.

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  42. Hello my name is Brian Pasquini and this is my first year at CSUB. I am majoring in chemical engineering and planning on transferring in a year or two. For fun i like to play soccer and hang out with my friends. The things I look for in literature are adventure, some action, crazy historical events(like WWII stories), and endings that you will never guess that would happen.

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  43. Hello, my name is Joshua Acuna. I am a sophmore here at CSUB. My major is in the area of business, not sure where specificly yet but will soon. I basically want to not go throughout my entire life working for some one else. I like to do adventures things and really just be out of the house.

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  44. For this first post, briefly introduce yourself (major, career plans, dog's name, and so on) and name your favorite work of literature. If you don't have a favorite work, describe the quality (or qualities) you like your literature to possess.

    Hello, my name is Sandra Rincon. I am a sophmore here at CSUB. I am majoring in Psycology, I'm aiming towards being a Psyc Tech. I really want to work for the state, and be invoved in the correctional facilities. Basically what a Psyc Tech is; a person that councel a inmate. They are the ones that decide whether or not, they are healhty enough to go back into the world. I have a dog, she's a maltipoo. It's approximately 4 lbs, and I named her Chloe.

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