Good Interview

I think that this was a good interview because the questions asked were not "yes" or "no" questions, therefore the interviewer was able to get very detailed answers from the person. Also although I am not able to see the person interviewing, I can tell that there is eye contact as he looks up and straight at something while talking. Overall this interview had very good questions as the interviewer was given a lot of details.

Commencement Address

The reading I liked the best this week was "Commencement Address" by Jon Stewart. I liked it because he turned a typical boring graduation speech into a more meaningful but yet fun speech. What I mean is that he kept his speech comical and straight forward. His speech was very honest, which usually people want to keep their speech formal thus they cover up the truth by making everything seem perfect; however in reality we know that today's world is no where near being perfect. Thus Stewart did a great job informing the students that life is full of ups and downs but that anything is possible therefore we should never be discouraged but rather look at everything in a positive way and think that we will be okay. Overall this reading had a very powerful message about the real world that Stewart was able to share with the graduates without turning their special day upside down.

collage

My identity collage will be on my family and my heritage, as they trace back to my hometown Faial, Azores. Thus the theme for my collage is multi- culture. I will be using pictures of my homeland, family, my best friend, and other things that I value and that describe who I am, and I will be using Glogster.

Alter Egos

As I read Alter Egos: Avatars and Their Creators, I found it very interesting how the avatars that the people created were the complete opposite of who they are. It appeared to me that these people created someone with the life and abilities that they wish they had, as if they wanted to escape their real lives. A perfect example is Jason Rowe, who created an avatar with a lot of strength and with all the abilities that he does not have as he has many physical disabilities. Thus I believe that he looks forward into playing with his avatar because it allows him to be "normal" since nobody knows who he really is. In the text he said "the computer screen is my window to the world...virtual worlds bring people together" (Latterell, 56); meaning that people cannot judge him as they do not know what he really looks like so he can be himself. Which this makes me feel that people like him who have created avatars are unhappy with who they are and so they create these characters so that they have a chance to be who they want to be without anyone criticizing them. Overall I enjoyed this reading as it made me realize how you truly cannot know who a person really is just by what they make themselves appear online; their true identities come through when face- to -face.