4th Blog Post.

For starters, I've learned that this site is very hard to use. I honestly haven't learned anything from blogging in general since I have done it before on other website. So, this is isn't my first time. As far as the research process goes, I have learned a couple of things. The main thing that I learned is that the research process definitely takes time. its not something that you can get done in just one sitting. You really have to take the time to do it. Especially if you want some really really good items from research. I have never taken the thorough steps in any of my other english classes. Im used to doing research, rough draft, and then the final draft. I have never done an annotated bibliography before. I now feel like it that should be a part of the writing process. It definitely helps you out when deciding which sources are really useful instead of taking the easy, lazy road and saying "okay, ill just choose this article. it looks like it'll do." And then you end up with a not so good paper/ writing assignment.
           I have learned a couple things about my culture since I am researching about African American college students. Its surprising to know what a group of college students go through with them being a minority at that too. I'm curious to find out more. I also want to connect this more to my life so I can learn more about myself as well. I know that I stress and I am an African American college student and I want to be aware of every aspect of stress that I can affect me so I can be aware and handle the situation. I, personally, have a hard time dealing with stress and would LOVE to find more things about stress while I'm researching throughout the year. Im not at the point right now to answer the question "What is it like to be healthy?" completely yet. I know that I can say that we shouldnt stress. But, of course, there is more to it. I hope to answer the question by the end of this semester~

3rd post.

Audience: My audience is mainly towards college students. to get into more detail, it is more towards African American college students since it is mainly about African Americans.

Timing: Of course my topic is timely because there are still African American college students and stress stills occurs this day...and will most likely never leave.

Investment: I'm invested in this topic because I am an African American college student myself and i sometimes question my stress levels and how it would compare to being in an HBCU and in the school that I am in now. I also want to find some interesting things about coping with stress so I can apply it to my life. From my high school writing experiences, I feel that my papers weren't self objected so we can be able to understand both views to any given subject instead of our one-minded opinion. In college, I feel that you get in-depth in your classes and not just with writing. You take the time to really think about what you're doing and really have a voice. 

I have pretty much seen the same things being said through my research. They all have the same message that african americans experience more stress than white americans. 

Everything that I have researched is something new that I have learned. One big thing that I have learned is that African American students are being stressed at the pressure of "acting white" to be successful. I never knew that because I, myself, dont go through that. 

I commented on Brittany Broner's blog post. the third one.

Love,

Breon.  :$

2nd blog post

i found a really interesting article about stress and how it affects african american college students in a predominately white school. It is an academic journal. It is by Tawanda Greer and Porschia Brown and the title is Minority status stress and coping processes among African American college students. The article was is basically about how african american college students cope with stress in the type of environment that they are in which is a predominately white school. the stress levels are also compared to african american college students who attend a HBCU. Of course, the ones that attend the HBCU had lower stress levels than the ones in the predominately white schoools. there was also an experiment conducted amongst 207 students from both types of schools. They were used to see how their stress levels correlate.  I know realize that I would like to talk about how stress affects college students in every aspect. I might just stick to african americans or minorities and talk about the stress factors in the home, work, social, and school environments. Im not sure if  I should narrow it down some more due to the fact that its a very broad subject. But, then again, they all tie together and are all important elements of stress.

1st blog post

1. My inquiry question: how does stress truly affect your health?
2. I chose this subject because I myself deal with stress a lot and I wonder how it's really affecting me and my health.
3. We should care about this because Everyone stresses and we need to know what can happen to our bodies when we stress.
4. I expect to find ways that stress affects us mentally and how it damages us in the long run.
5. I don't find necessarily arguments that say that stress doesn't affect us. I find that stress affects us in many ways.