Getting the last laugh

I thought the laugh tracks were really interesting. Laugh tracks do, I believe, what I think they should do, make people laugh when it laughs. I often found myself laughing at something that wasn’t funny at all, just because the laugh tracks “told me” to.  I’m pretty sure that its almost the same with everyone who watches a show with laugh tracks. Take Friends for example, something might not make any sense (like a mad lib.) but everyone was laughing and you find yourself laughing just the same as everyone else.  Now that someone has pointed it out, I actually find it kind of annoying. I will laugh when I want to laugh, I don’t need a laugh track to tell me something is funny.

Plagiarism is without a doubt more common these days now that we have more technology. It is so easy to just copy and paste someone else’s words into my paper. Before, all my had were books and journals that we had to use as sources for our papers, but with the internet it makes it so much easier to just copy and paste. Having a book really forced you to write your own research paper. However, I feel you have to be really skilled to have get away with plagiarism too. There are so many ways to check and see if someone has plagiarized. An example of this is turnitin. com.  As far as I know, this website is very accurate when it comes to finding plagiarized pieces and I know that I would never want to find out just how accurate it is. 

bibliographic annotation

Dr. Caulder gave me an article to read called "Becoming and Ideal Student" by Jeanne Baxtresser.

Baxtresser, Jeanne. "Becoming and Ideal Student." Intank Design, 2011. http://www.jeannebaxtresser.com/education/article-ideal-student.php

This article talked about how to be a teacher and give private music lessons, but also how to be a good student while taking private music lessons. “The relationship between a student and a teacher can be one of the most special and meaningful relationships in life.” The article also talks about how it is important for a student to never give up on their dreams, as well as, teachers should never give up on their students. Technquies and exercises are also something talked about in this article. Finally, it teaches students how to learn from there peers, instead of competeting with them.

Introduction

Hey blogging world! My name is Beth Cheek and I am a music education major at Indiana University of PA. I enjoy making music, watching sports, and hanging out with friends!

I thought that article, "Attached to Technology and Paying a Price" was very intriguing. I really agree with this article as well. I cannot fully live "in the moment" while I have something electric on. It is a constant distraction for me. Even when my friends come over to hang out when the TV is on we find ourselves talking less and just watching the TV...which we could all do on our own time, defeating the purpose of "hang out time." Not only with TV, but cell phones as well. Almost all my friends have a lover of some kind and even though they come over to hang out, I can't help but notice as were talking, they're having separate conversation with them all along. I do it all the time, but it is still extremely frustrating. However, I do understand the idea of multi-tasking and how it can sometimes help us focus better, but even then, scientists have found that there is some information being overlooked while doing this. I mean,  Mrs. Campbell checks her email at least 25 times a day WHILE also, sending texts and facebook posts. Where is the empathy in human communication anymore? Is it all electronic now? I find myself seeing my friends less and just texting them. That's not enough! Yet I still do it, and so do many other people in this world. Life was a lot more simple when we were younger.You just waited until you saw your friend at school or on the weekend to talk to them. I can't ever imagine being this involved with electronic devises as I get older, however, I feel the way out society is headed, I'm going to have to.