Digital Story

Research Paper

Chantelle Lamb 101-132

free write- 10/30

i had a lot of fun this last weekend which is really  nice because there has been a lot going on in my family recently. me and brett went to bolivar to his farm and really just had a weekend to ourselves which was nice. we went fishing and just watched movies in the cabin, so it was a cheap little get away. i feel like i will never get a break, i always feel like when life starts to get better, it will alreayd by ten times worse. my little man keeps me strong though. i really don't know what i would do without him. i love waking up to him everyday. i honestly don't know where i would be in life right now if it wasn't for him. he was such a gift. when i found out i was pregnant with him i was headed down the wrong path very quick, so i'm sure he saved my life to be honest. i'm just really glad that i have brett and my friends to lean on becuase i don't have much family that i can lean on. i really want christmas break to be here too! i am loving school but i need a break from that too. i wish i just had a million bucks so i didn't have to work or worry but that isn't how life goes so i will just keep on truckin and pray for the best.

free write - 10/23

so today is actually going to be a really good day. i have an interview for a job that i have been trying to get for the past couple weeks. it is still going to be at the same place but i will be in human resources, so i will be doing pay roll and things like that. i have been working at the same place for a year and a half and i'm ready for something new. i really hope i get it because it will be a lot less stressful than the job that i currently have. i will also get better hours as well. i will be working 9-6 instead of 8-5 so i will have more hours, becuase of school i get my hours cut most days. i'm not getting my hopes up yet though, becuase i haven't gotten it. on another hand my booger says momma now and i'm really happy about that. he has said da-da for about 2 months now so i was ready for him to say something else. he will be a year old in less than 3 months and it is really starting to scare me. time has gone by so fast, i feel like it was just yesterday that i brought him home and now he is already talking and crawling everywhere. i miss him being little and just wanting to cuddle all the time, now he just wants to play all the time which is fun too.

free write 10/16

i am so tired today, it is awful! i didn't get to have my coffee this morning so i'm a walking zombie and i hate it. i have braxen's doctors appointment today and i have to work so i really need to wake up. tuesdays and wednesdays are definately the hardest days of the week for me, it always takes me like 2 extra hours just to wake up. i really don't want to take braxen to the doctor because he has to get shots and it is going to be miserable for the whole household for the next couple of days. i really wish they didn't make him so sick, but it is okay becuase all he wants is his momma and that is just fine with me! he is crawling and getting into everything now though, we can't even leave a pair of shoes on the floor becuase he will somehow manage to put them in his mouth. he has really been on a shoe string kick lately.

Holocaust Testimonial

Chantelle Lamb

            I watched a testimonial over Henry Mikols. His story is a little bit different because he wasn’t Jewish, his family was Catholic. He and his family lived in Poland. He lived with his mother, father, and his brother. He said life before the German came to Poland was great. He was 13 when the German invaded Poland.

            Mr. Mikols was captured by the Nazi SS officers. He was going to the market to get a loaf of bread because he and his family were starving. His mother told him that it was going to be dangerous to go out on the streets because of the Nazi’s, but he did it anyways. The German officers picked up all the teenagers that were large enough to work. That was the last time that he saw his family. He was taken to Germany and became a slave on a farm. The farmer actually treated him fairly well; he had at least two meals a day. He had to do some pretty stinky jobs, but he had no choice. After about a month, him and the other 3 boys escaped because they missed their families and were going to be on a journey back to Poland. The boys of course got caught and taken to another farm. At this farm he was treated very well by the farmer. The farmer and Henry used to listen to the radio to catch up on what was  going on in the German government. One day he came inside from a long day at work and a German soldier was waiting in the living room for him. He was arrested because the government thought he was spreading news that wasn’t true.

            While he was in prison the conditions were very bad. There were about 15 people in one cell, they had to sleep on the floor side to side. The prisoners got a bowl of soup once every three days and were still expected to exercise with the little amount of energy that they had. From prison he went to a concentration camp. In the concentration camp he was used as an experiment for a new medication that the German had invented. He was one of the few that survived the study. Mr. Mikols thought he was in prison for life and would never see outside of the concentration camp. The day that he was actually left free he really didn’t have anywhere to go. He did express that he wanted the younger generation to know what really went on during the holocaust, and it was actually a very awful thing that he had to go through.

MLA & Plagerism 10-4

1. - it allows readers to cross-reference your sources easily
    - it provides consistent format within a discipline
    - it gives you creditability as a writer
    - protects yourself from plagiarism
2. By sourcing your research and material
3. If caught you can either fail the assignment or possibly be expelled from school.
4.It shows a complete list of of every source that you may reference in your paper, and it also provides the information necessary for the reader to locate and retrieve any sources cited in the paper.
5. - when you are quoting any words that aren't your own
    - when summarizing facts or ideas from a particular source
6. You should keep your references brief, don't repeat unnecessary information, and give only the information that will be needed to identify your Works Cited page.
7. No, you should use an abbreviated version of the title.
8. Plagiarism is unethical, it also mean a lost learning opportunity. Plagiarism diminishes your credibility and it may result in serious penalties.
9. Common historical facts, common physical or scientific facts, facts widely available in a variety of standard reference book, and information that is widely shared and found in numerous sources without reference to any source.
10. You will want to quote someone when the writer's words are especially vivid, memorable, or expressive, an expert's explanation is so clear and concise that a paraphrase would be confusing or wordy. You will want to emphasize the expertise or authority of your source, the words the source uses are important to the discussion.

A Film Unfinished Response

Chantelle Lamb

“A Film Unfinished”

            I definitely learned a lot from watching this movie.  It honestly seems unreal to me that it actually happened.  I really liked how the movie showed the propaganda because it shows that Hitler and the rest of the Nazi’s were really trying to hide what was really going on.  If the world only knew that people were actually starving and dying. I couldn’t even imagine having to live around 500,000 people in only a three mile radius; my neighborhood is about that size. I really wish they would have shown more about the living conditions inside their homes.  I know that it couldn’t be that well because of the over population.

            I also thought that it was really crazy how they were making the Jews dispose of the bodies. That would be so heart wrenching to dispose a body of someone that you loved and cared about dearly; I could never imagine. It’s crazy to think that every day they woke up they wondered if it was going to be their last. I couldn’t imagine living life like that. People now would want to live it up but in their conditions it would be very close to impossible.

  It makes me really thankful for the life that I live today.  I can’t even think about watching my family starving to death, or watch my family get abused. I love being free and being able to make my own decisions and the government can’t influence or tell me that I’m nothing because of my religion. People now don’t appreciate each and every day like we should because our life is nothing compared to that. Watching the movie really makes me regret the complaints I have made about material things because when it really comes down to it, that isn’t what should be important. This movie really had a positive impact on me as a person and my outlook on life.

free write - 10/2

i do not know why i am so tired today but i literally feel like the definition of the walking dead. thank goodness i had time to stop by the gas station to get coffee because i don't think i would make it through today without it. i need to start getting up and making my own pot of coffee because i have been spending way to much on it. sometimes i wish i didn't work so much because i really want to focus on school more, but i have to work because i have bills that are due and things i have to buy. braxen is crawling now and gets into everything! i honestly don't know what i am going to do when he starts walking, because i already don't trust him. i used to be able to just lay him on the floor with toys and he would  just sit there and play, but now that is not the case. he is obsessed with shoes, so that has been the thing to never leave on the floor becuase if they are on the floor then they will be in his mouth. he already has 4 teeth and weighs more than my best friends one year old and he is only eight months. the kid can't wear his size of clothes, everything that fits him is either 12 or 18 months. its so crazy how fast they grow because i feel like it was just yesterday that i had him. that is another reason why i wish i didn't work so much, i miss the times where i stayed home with him all day and just cat napped all day! he was super little then but i still miss it. somedays i want to have another one but when i actually think about it i really need to get through school first before that is ever going to be on my mind.

free write- 9-27

i am actually really excited for our research paper because of the topic we are doing it over. i am very interested in the holocaust. i don't really know why i like the topic, i guess it is just very interesting to me how someone can be so cruel and kill so many people.  i honestly couldn't even imagine killing thousands of people in one day. on the other foot, i'm not tired today which is unusual, i think i am actually getting used to my schedule but at first it was really hard to get up at 5 in the morning when i was used to getting up at 7. and this is one of my favorite classes that i am taking this semester so i'm sure that helps too. i have two tests tomorrow, one in psychology and one in algebra, so tonight it looks like i will be cooped up in my room until i fall asleep. that is what i did with my lasy psychology test, i was studying in the recliner and fell asleep with notes in hand, and of course brett had to get an awful black mail picture. oh well i need to study more becuase i got a b on the last test, and i'm really shooting for a 3.5 gpa or higher because i really want to get a job right out off school.

Narrative Essay

Chantelle Lamb

Mr. Neuburger

ENG 101-132

4 September 2012

Narrative Essay

The Day That Changed My Life

            January 13^th 2012; the day my life changed dramatically.  This was the day  my beautiful son came into this crazy world.  This is was definitely an adventurous day for me and the rest of my family. I wanted this day to come for the last 9 months. My due date was January 24^th but my booger didn’t want to wait that long. I was very nervous but wanted to have my freedom back. For men who have no idea, it does get really tiring sharing your body with somebody else. 

I woke up around 3:30AM because I couldn’t sleep and I didn’t know why.  I was down stairs on the couch watching TV to try to fall asleep and relax. When I finally got up from the couch, there was a puddle of liquid on the couch.  I was very pregnant and thought I had just peed myself because it has happened it the past, but the liquid didn’t smell like pee, it really didn’t smell like anything.  I assumed my water had been leaking, and since this was my first pregnancy, I really had no idea.  I was so excited because this was the day I could finally be free in my own body.  I already had a suit case packed and ready to go because I knew I was going to have him anytime. 

I felt so nasty because I really didn’t know what was going on, so I went upstairs to wake up Brett.

“Babe go back to bed, your water isn’t leaking.”  he said

“Are you kidding, get up and let’s go!!” I snapped back at him

I was not happy because I was very tired and really wanted to get that baby out. I was trying to rush around and get everything in the car so we could go to the hospital. On the way there, I wanted to get something to eat because I knew that I wouldn’t be able to eat until after I had him, so we stopped at Kum & Go and got a Take 5 and a blue Powerade, the two things I craved the most when I was pregnant.

            We got to St. Johns and walked to the fifth floor. I got checked in and they took my vital signs and weighed me. The triage nurse asked what was going on and I told her that I thought my water was leaking. They told me they were going to have to do a test to see if I was leaking amniotic fluid. They couldn’t get an accurate reading so they told me to go ahead and walk around the halls to see if the fluid will pool up so they can get an accurate answer on the test. Brett and I walked around for about an hour and then took the test again.  I still couldn’t get an accurate reading on the test so the nurse informed us that they needed to do an ultra sound to see if there were still pockets of fluid around my baby.

            The ultra sound technician came into my room and told me they were going to be taking pictures of the fluid.  The ultra sound photos did indicate there were still pockets of fluid around my baby, but that wasn’t the only thing the ultra sound told us.  My son was “head up” instead of “head down” like he was supposed to be. I found out I couldn’t have my baby naturally and was going to have a C-section. 

            After the nurse told me, I thought to myself, “That isn’t part of the plan.”

Being an eighteen year old girl I didn’t want a huge scar on my stomach that would never go away.  Most would say that is selfish, but that was something that I worried about.

            The nurse sent us home with discharge papers and told us that if I started having ten or more contractions in an hour to come back, but she also instructed me to call my doctor to tell him my son was breech.  We headed on around five in the morning and I noticed St. George’s donut shop was open and had to stop and get donut holes because, after all that stress I deserved it.  I went to sleep and woke up around noon.  When I woke up, I called my doctor’s office to let them know the news I found out earlier that morning.  I was standing in my bathroom looking in the mirror, while talking to my doctor’s office I noticed a rather large puddle on the floor and I was all wet.  I knew then my water had completely broken and that meant we needed to go.  I told my doctor my water just broke and he told me he would meet me at the hospital.

            After having contractions every three minutes for about thirty minutes, I told Brett it was really time to go and this time was real.  Of course, he had to shower and take his sweet time like he did that morning.  The suit case was already in the car from the first trip we had made so I knew I didn’t have to worry about any of that. 

            Three hours of hard labor really paid off. At 3:17 PM my beautiful baby boy was finally here.  I was in so much pain but it didn’t matter when I got to see his face.  I had to have a C-section, so they had to stich me up before I got to hold him; Brett got to hold him first.  The baby’s first cry made me tear up because it was the sweetest sound I had ever heard before.  Braxen Lee Moore has changed my life for the better because he has made me mature.  I didn’t really come from a family with discipline, so I had to have my own to make me realize I was headed down the wrong path really fast.  January 13, 2012 was the day that changed my entire life, and I would never have it any other way.

 

free write- 9-19

i am so tired this morning. my little man usually sleeps through the night, and has since he was 5 weeks old, but for the past week or so he has woke up at least once. he is so worth it though. he is already crawling and saying "da-da", although i wish he would say mama. time has went by so fast, i feel like it was just yesterday that i took him home, and he will be a year old in 4 months. we are doing some serious house hunting though. i'm super excited to look for a house for our little family. i don't mind living at home because free rent is obviously the best rent, but its time to get out. i know it won't be anything that is super nice but it will just be ours. i wish that brett would be more dedicated and would help me look too, but he is lazy and won't. i pick them out then he says yes or no, it's kind of annoying but i love him so we have to agree.

Sensory Language

My iphone goes off real nice and loud to alarm me that it is time for me to pull myself out of bed. I usually wake up in the morning and have a cup of fresh coffee. After I am good and awake I take a shower and usally crank up the music so I can wake up. To get the gritty taste of the coffee I usually swap that taste with toothpaste. I have to kiss my sweet Braxen goodbye but he is usually still sleeping. When I go outside to leave it is always so nice to smell the morning air. There is usually clouds still in the air.I get my keys out of my purse and start driving to school. There really isn't to much traffic on my way becuase its so early. At school I hear many voices in the hallway. I am really getting used to all the students in my class. When I go to work there usually is always the aroma of somebody spraying awful perfume that gives me a headache or the smell of the stale cigarette smoke.  At work I have to type in customer information for most of the day, on a keyboard. At 5 oclock I am really to call it a day. I have my hand on the steering wheel and headed for home. When I get home there usually is laundry that always needs to be done, but that can wait because I want to watch television and snuggle up underneath a fuzzy blanket and call it a day.

free write - 9-4

my three day weekend was so nice but seriously went way to fast. i hate when you get used to sleeping in and then have to wake up super early, it really is getting a lot better though because i pretty much have a routine down now. i'm so excited for saturday! i get to pick my mom up from the airport, she has been gone for a week and a half now and its weird her not being here because she is usually the one who watches braxen so i get to see her often throughout the week. she is really homesick too, i told her that she should have only gone for a week and not two. last time i went down there i wanted to go for two weeks and it was such a long trip. it is definately nice to get away but there really isn't a place like home for real. today i have to go check on her dogs because they have been at a friends house and i need to go get them food and stuff like that, i'm sure they miss their mommy too. my moms dog just had 10 puppies and my mom kept one of them and i call it mine, but she really isn't. my mom's dog is a full blooded pitbull, but she is nice, my dog is half pit and half chocolate lab, she is adorable! i named her heidi! i wish i could keep her at my house but with braxen being so little i didn't really feel comfortable about it.  i am really in the process of trying to find a house because i really do want to be independent. i don't mind living with bretts parents but i feel like we have started our own family and really need to act like it.  bretts mom doesn' t like the idea because bretts older brother is gone and if we leave she won't really have anybody. but she really doesn't have to understand that we are grown and really do want to make this next step in our lives.

free write - 8-30

i am usually tired because it is seven in the morning but today i actually feel ready to go and coffee didn't play a part in it which is unusual. today i don't have to get to work until 10:30 which is nice so after this class i actually have free time. work and school both is really taking a toll on me, but i know i can do it. me and a friend were talking the other day about high school. at the time we hated it and never wanted to go but now i would do anything for my high school years back. i really did good off way to much in high school and thats why i plan on pushing myself because i want a better  future for me and my family. i wish brett would enroll in school again but he does have a good job. he told me he should be getting a promotion here soon which will be nice. right now i am trying t olook for a house for all of us and its really stressful because i want to find a nice house that is in a good price range and that is on a good side of town.  i really don't want to live in an apartment because i have done that once before and hated having so many neighbors, i lived on the bottom floor so that ruined it for me.

I Am From Poem

I Am From Poem

free write - 8-27

my mom went to florida on sunday and i already miss her. she ususally is the one who watches braxen and it has been really hectic trying to find a reliable baby sitter while she is gone.  she will be gone until september 8th. i really wish i could have gone with her but since i have bills to pay i can't miss work or school for that matter. i really enjoy going to school again, it has been really fun and i honestly think i forgot how much fun i really did have. i really goofed off in high school and really regret it now. i wish i would have put more effort into my senior year escpeccially. i am so tired but i am getting used to this new schedule. it has been really hard getting used to it but i think it will be fine as the semester goes on. i really enjoy this class, usually english is my weak spot but i really do like it. i prefer writing over reading then doing an essay any day, but i do enjoy reading for recreation.

Intro

Hi my name is Chantelle. I am nineteen. I was born and raised here in Springfield and graduated from Glendale High School in 2011. I am a devoted mommy to my little 7 month old son, Braxen. He is definitely my pride and joy. I did have him young but that only means that I will be able to spend more time with him in the long run. I am a full time student here at OTC, this is my first semester here. I am trying to get my Associate of Arts in Teaching, from there I plan on transferring to MSU to get my Bachelor's degree in Primary Education. I want to be an elementary teacher, I would prefer to teach 2nd or 3rd grade. I stay very busy with 12 hours of school, 35 hours of work, and trying to soak up as much time as I can with my little man. Family and friends play a huge part in my life, without them I don't know where I would be today. In my spare time, that I don't have very much of,  I like to play slow pitch softball. I have played softball since I was eight and still love to get on the field, it brings back good memories. Well, I wish you all luck in furthering your education and I hope you have a good semester!!

Free Write - Aug. 23

I am so tired it is not even funny. Having to leave school and go to work just makes me want to pull my hair out. I wish I had time to do my homework right after class instead of having to wait until i get off at night.  Because when i get off at night i want to spend time with brett and braxen. brett is my boyfriend of 2 years now and also the father of my child, and i love him a lot. Even though he doesn't think so sometimes i would die for him if i had to. My moms birthday is today, she will only be 36, she started young but she is the best mom i could ever ask for. In my opinion she is to nice, she gets hurt and used way to much and it pisses me off.  She is going to florida on the 25th and i don't know what i am going to do. i dont live with my mom but i do see or talk to her everyday. she watches braxen on mondays tuesdays and wednesdays so it is going to be weird getting off and not going to her house. she will be there for 2 weeks, i hope she enjoys herself because she definately deserves a get away. i wish i could go with her but i have bills to pay so not working is not an option for me.  I only have 2 vaction days left so it wouldnt cover the 2 weeks.  Work is sometimes stressful becuase i work for at&t and there are many rude customers that call in about their service not working. i do believe that god puts you exactly where he wants you because i met my best friend at work. i really lost all my friends from high school when i got pregnant because i went from the crazy party girl to a girl that sits at home and constantly munched on whatever i could get my hands on. i was very emotional and mean when i was pregnant, its safe to say that the hormones did get the best of me. but i feel like anyone would be if they were being kicked from the inside. for the most part i loved being pregnant, but at the end i started to hate it. i do feel bad for everyone that was around me at the time.