Just thought you shouldl know... I MISS YOU! I MISS YOU! I MIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSSSSS YYYYOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUU! yeah. jeez, we haven't talked in like forever and it's like really sad..I'm just so busy all the time it's hard. But I've had a little more time on my hands because I am not currently in a show. I was in Grease in January, and that overlapped with my rehersals for 110 in the Shade, our school play, that I had preformances for like a week ago. It is so depressing not being in a show! I wish I could do another show between now and late may/early june when rehersals for my next show start...but i think it would kill my mom with all the driving.
Kemsley, Mikaela. “Re: I MISS YOU!!!!!!!!” Message to Patricia Watkins. 23 March 2009. E-mail.
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This source provides an example of discourse on a smaller, more individual level, focusing primarily on the boredom and dissatisfaction of being in-between plays.
ReplyDeleteIronically though, my life at the time I sent this e-mail was primarily comprised of schoolwork. I didn't mention schoolwork once in the e-mail. I focused on what I wanted or wish I had, rather than my actual life at the time.
This is a great parallel to both American culture and human nature. You mentioned what you wanted (as you said), just as many Americans wish for things they cannot obtain. In today's society we are so consumed in materialism and satisfying our wants that we max out our credit cards and foreclose on our homes so we can sit amongst our things.
ReplyDeleteThis e-mail also shows how much we rely on technology to communicate instead of seeing people in person or hearing their voice on the telephone. It's true technology provides easier methods of communication, but you called this form of discourse individual, when substituting a computer screen and keyboard for a living, breathing person hardly seems personal.
It seems like this more personal piece of discourse shows what the life of a typical American teenager is like in modern times. The fact that Mikaela stated that she's "just so busy all the time" even though she's "had a little more time" lately shows how teenagers try to get themselves involved in as many activities as possible. Teens are pressured to be involved in a plethora of extra curricular activities to be "well rounded" but sometimes this can create unhealthy amounts of stress. In this particular case, activities and schoolwork seem to be balancing themselves out well. Instead of being under immense amounts of pressure, Mikaela has the liberty of looking forward to her next show. Although she wishes that she could be a show all the time, as they say, if you have too much of a good thing, it won't be special anymore.
ReplyDeleteI experience this very same thing whenever a band season ends. When Drum Corps ends, I can't wait until next summer. When Marching Band ends, I can't wait until next fall. I actually take it to an even crazier level. I can't wait until the next rehearsal. I get bored in between seasons and rehearsals. That's messed up.
ReplyDeleteLike what others said, this piece of discourse focuses on what you want rather than what you already have. You (hopefully) have friends that you can interact with at school, schoolwork to complete, and other various activities to accomplish. This email shows just how much Americans tend to say things that they 'want' rather than focusing on things they already have.
ReplyDeleteIt is a general teenager need to stay connected with all friends at all times, but technology has grown nowadays that you can stay connected all you want without ever leaving the computer screen. Like Sarah said, it is interesting to note your mode of interaction and your desire to see this person. From the email, it sounds like you would really like to talk to her in person, yet you chose to communicate with silent, typed words that cannot speak emotion or show the desire you had to speak to her. This piece of discourse is a little contradictory in that you want to speak to this friend badly, but you did not actually 'speak' to her.
As some added insight this friend lives in Utah. there is a two hour time difference making it difficult to call and communicate directly. When she moved away (I was nine years old) we used to send letters to each other every week. The letters would be about two pages long with stickers, drawings and occasionally a bracelet or photograph. When we got e-mail accounts I thought it would be easier to communicate. Yet somehow the messages became less frequent, shorter, and less sentimental. Now with a facebook account I have almost constant access to communication with her, but we speak rarely, our communication is usually one or two lines, and I never receive letters from her anymore.
ReplyDeleteOur society is becoming more and more apt to fast, direct communication. We want communication with ease and convenience, something that's good in many ways. But communication has more meaning when someone has taken time and effort to achieve it. It means more to find a letter in one's mailbox than to see a sentence on one's facebook wall. Is modern discourse loosing this essential aspect to communication?