Conclusion

This is to end my research part of the project. My blog was about LA and how it is a great city. Thats what I was researching. For the last few months I found it interesting how so many have different views to this topic. Many either view life in LA as something bad or something good.

Metacognitive Analysis

Wendy Aguilar

Eng 114B

Sean Pessin 

April 24, 2013

                  Metacognitive Analysis

In this project of creating a blog there has many good and bad experiences. I have never thought I would be writing a blog because it never really interest me and it wasnt something that seemed easy to do. If it weren't for this class I wouldn't have known what it was like. It isn't something so easy to do you have to know what the point of your blog is so you can make it through this project. A blog isn't  just a website with funny pictures or facts its to inform you of something. A blog is usually made to prove a point. 

When it came to making my blog I knew what I was going to write about because of past experiences I have had through out my life and being able to have a first hand in things makes writing easier. For example, I wrote of Los Angeles. The reason I did so was because I know what Los Angeles is like and what others think of it but I want to let people know that it really isn't such a bad place as it seems. By using my experiences and what others thought it made it more credible.

I didn't like the idea of using a blog though but I learned what it was like to use one. For me it wasn't such a great experience because I don't like to be posting what I think is interesting and since I don't like to be updating something often I didn't like this experience. It was something really boring for me but pretty interesting to see how creative others did their blogs. I was more like a simple person because technology for me can get very frustrating. 

After all, doing this blog teached me many things. I learned how to use the media more than I used to. I learned little things that others may know already how to do but I didn't so by doing this I learned what a blog was and how to make one. It is pretty interesting just at points when one doesnt get how to do something that involves the media gets pretty frustrating. Other than that it was good. I even learned new things about Los Angeles that I didn't know. Like i'm surprised how many saw Los Angeles as a dangerous place. I know it is but I never thought of it like that since some parts are pretty safe to me just depends where you live. 

Los Angeles

Climate in LA

In Los Angeles we are all used to different climate. We are fortunate enough to have a little of everything. Anyone who lives here can agree that it is something good to live in a place like this because we dont have to suffer from the cold so much or from having too many hot days. Sometimes we also have some great days in which climate is perfect to just go out and enjoy nature as you can see in one of the pictures below. Yes it may get cold here in L.A. as you can see in the picture today it is cloudy but it isnt that bad and we dont see this everyday. In some states like Alaska you dont see the sun for very long. Now imagine yourself living there I know many wouldn't last on a state like that.

Today while at school. Beautiful day although it is cloudy but nice weather. :)

A beautiful sunny saturday afternoon. Great to go hiking. 

Is LA a bad place to live?

Many people believe that LA is a very bad place to live. There are three articles I found in which the authors wrote about what made Los Angeles a bad place to live at. In one article titled, "LA:What are the pros and cons of living in Los Angeles, CA?", the author states that one of the things that makes LA such a bad place is economic status. If you don't have a stable job it is better if you don't live here because the economy isn't so well. This is why one should plan out and see where one will afford to live. The experience of how you will live here in LA depends on your planning.

In another article titled "Why do I hate L.A.?", the author states that sometimes one hates a place is because one has perceptions of those certain places. This author states how he has came to hate L.A. because of what he has heard and when he visits all he sees is the negative things like the traffic. He then states that he has also visited other places and some places are much worst than L.A. but he don't see them too bad because before he went they never told him the negative things about the city.

In the final article "Reasons why Los Angeles Is The Worst Place Ever," wee see how the author compares Los Angeles with London. He states how in Los Angeles one has so many dangers to worry about. Like we have to worry about earthquakes and tsunamis too since we have the ocean connected to us. Another worry is when we go to the mountains to hike we can't go hikimg peacefully because we may find a dangerous animal while going up.

As we see, throughout these three articles there are different reasons why people think LA is such a bad place, This may be true that its dangerous which then makes it a bad city but even so LA has its good things too. This is the only place that you have a mixture of climates. It can be hot or cold or even just warm. Los Angeles isn't so bad as many may think.