Punishment & Grammar Schammar Week

Journal Entry

English 101
 

Today we got into a heated debate about jail sentencing and the death penalty which I’m all for in some instances. The only people that I think truly deserve the death penalty or life is child molesters, rapist and murderers. Some argued that jail might turn them around for a second chance because everybody deserves one, but what would stop a killer or rapist from killing or raping again. The only reason I would say a person shouldn’t get life or the death penalty is if it is an accidental murder. Like the case when 12 year Lionel Tate was sentenced to life after performing a wrestling move on Tiffany Eunick taking her life at 6 years old. I say boys will be boys with the rough housing and fooling around not to say his actions are inexcusable but he an adolescent was as an adult in a court of law and he got life in prison. Of course you have to take in to consideration that her family will never have their daughter again but I truly don’t believe that it was on purpose.  On a lighter note my group and I did our first grammar schammar presentation on Run-Ons and Comma Splices. We did a power point and we had a multiple choice worksheet on that topic. I think we did pretty good overall.

Fall Break

Terrell Artis
English 101

This week in class were had to turn in our first persuavesive essays about pop culture. We also had fall break which was a much needed one. We weren't required to leave for the break on October 11th we could’ve stayed in the dorms that weekend. I chose to leave later on that day after I finished up some lingering homework, an essay and found out that half the damn campus was already gone. Me and my boy Rico left school around 6-6:15 and got home around 7. I had to take him back to the Southside of VA before I went home. As soon as I got home I went go see my mom for a few. Went to my boy Austin’s job at Jason’s Deli ate and went to find the rest of the crew but they were all at work. So I went back around my neighborhood and played some basketball with the homies. After that took a shower and got dressed and went to get my home girl Gabbo we went back to Austin’s where we met up with him Nate and Malcolm. We proceeded to pregame as we plotted on the night. About halfway into inebriation we found out about this house party around the VCU area so we went to check that out. It was a good night the party was cool but we left a little early and hit the bar. After that we took the first of many cookout runs that weekend and took it in, a pretty successful Friday night.