Intro

My name is Cortney Ciaschi. I am an Early Childhood major and a super senior at Fredonia. I walked with my class this past graduation so it's weird to come back to school for four more classes. I have all classes for my major taken care of so I'm taking this class along with three other 300 level English classes for my concentration. I played lacrosse here at Fredonia my sophomore and junior year. This past year I went to Australia to do my student teaching so I was not able to play. I live in Ithaca, New York which is about 3 and a half hours away. I have had a job since I was about 12 in a family owned restaurant. I have worked in the restaurant business ever since then, it's good money and I love being around people. I also worked this summer at a day camp that I've gone too and worked at for about 9 years.

While reading their were a few quotes that stuck out to me and it was hard to pick just one. On page 2 "According to their journals and essays, they write to express deep feelings, send messages to others, create alternate worlds, make order of chaos, seek transcendence, celebrate themselves."

What else is there to write about for women? Even men do this but they don't do it with as much emotion. Why does it matter what women write about? Why do men write about things that they write about? Probably because it's something they feel strongly about, or they want to share an experience with others. It's easier for women to relate to others who have been in tough situations. This does not make women bad writers, and they should not feel guilty about writing such things. I think it makes us stronger to write about deep feelings and to celebrate ourselves. Perhaps I'm just rambling on but men are no better than women in any way shape or form. I'm so tired of hearing "women are bad drivers" or "only mean can play sports". Just because men say they're better doesn't make it true, for anything! If men had to go through what we have to go through I don't think they would be able to handle it, especially the criticism we get from them as well as others. I would rather read more personal things that I could relate to women to women!