Assignment 4B

1. Choose any 1 classmate that wrote about your same essays and briefly compare/contrast their choices and ideas versus what you said.
When i look at the summaries by Rhianon Larson i see that we had a lot in common in our posts. We both learned a lot about the type of traffic in other countries compared to the US. I definitely agree with the example that she gave about having to dodge pedestrians while you are driving as you would on a freeway. I cannot imagine how stressful and dangerous that could be!
http://rhianonlarson.blogspot.com/2009/04/4a-group-2.html

2. Choose any 1 classmate that wrote about a different set of essays and tell us one thing you learned per author presented.
I chose to look at the stories Frank Dragun had read and written about. Through Frank's summaries of the stories he read i learned a little about the American River Parkway from Mary Mackey. I also learned about all the ethnic groups in this county of California. Frank lists them as "Hmong Vietnamese, Russians, Samoans, and African-Brazilians" which i thought was really interesting to know. I am moving to Sacramento after this semester so it was interesting to hear that the American River Parkway is a very inviting and pleasent place to visit, i will have to go and try it out myself!
http://humanities7fxd.blogspot.com/2009/04/4a-group-1-readings.html

3. Like number 2, choose any 1 classmate that wrote about a set of essays that you didn't read.
I read the summary Thida Vattanawase had posted about the reading she had done on Bienvenidos a Newport Beach by Firoozeh Dumas. I learned a lot through her post of what this family went through when dealing wit hthe changes they faced moving from town to town. I have never had to personally deal with what it would be like to move into a new town so it was interesting to see how this family dealt with it and how it affected them.
http://missthaiteeveeblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/4a-group-3.html