In Class Interview

Katherine Blanchard, a young driven student who works hard and enjoys life. At first, Blanchard attended Bristol Community College for two years to save money, before entering Roger Williams University in the fall 2009. “Bristol Community College was the best decision I have ever made. Not only did I save money, but gained a great education.” This would be hard to compete with at Roger Williams University because she has to start over and adapt to her new surroundings.

Blanchard loves Roger Williams University, but is struggling to find her inner self. Blanchard is a 20-year-old junior and pursuing journalism as her major. She enjoys the courses at Roger Williams University, but adapting to a “new home” is quit hard sometimes. “It has been struggle coming in here as a junior and putting my self out there to fit in is hard.” Blanchard is focusing on being a successful journalist and hopes someday to have a career in a major city such as, New York or Washington. Blanchard in her spare time likes to play tennis and shop. These two things help her get her mind off struggling to fit in at Roger Williams University. Also, being able to take a quick trip home to Fairhaven, Massachusetts helps relieves stress by entering a familiar surrounding.

Blanchard comes from a great support system, which includes her father Ken and her mother Tracy. She also has an older brother named max that she is very close with, but he is in the Navy so it is hard to see him at times. “It is always great to go home to see my family, but my favorite part about home is my dog Zoe.” Blanchard’s family takes a trip every summer to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts. This is where some of her favorite memories are and hopes to one day take her own family here.

She has big hopes and dreams, but one thing that she must do before it’s to late is create an organization that ill help benefit children with cancer. This is something that she is very passionate about and plans to work hard to succeed this goal. Blanchard is a very dedicated person and commits a lot of time toward her family and friends. “Without my family I would be nothing”. Even though she finds it hard to adapt to her new surroundings here at Roger Williams University, she knows that she has to continue to make her dreams come true.

After watching Presidents Obama’s speech I was surprised to hear how good it was. In our past presidents I feel that some of them have not been that good at public speaking. I found Obama’s speech interesting and somewhat entertaining. Also, in comparison to the other videos we watched in class, I thought every speaker was very well spoken and had a natural voice. Getting the virtual tour of the new Times Building was very impressive and fun to see. Seeing how an actual popular newspaper corporation works was interesting and gave me some insight. The new Times building is beautiful and some day I would really like to experience it in person.

Walking Life Clip

Walking Life Clip

Walking Life is a clip about the understanding of language and the concepts that follows it. Semiotics is the philosophical theory of signs and symbols that deal with the structure of language. In this clip the women compares and describes objects and their concepts. She makes a good point on how we perceive certain types of language in different ways. An example that she used is the word Love. Love is a very strong word that sometimes gets pushed around. People sometimes use and perceive Love as a sign of emotion or a sign of caring. In the end, what does Love actually mean and what is the concept of it? This is the purposed question of the overall clip and the understanding of concepts and language.