assignment 2

for starters...i hope we were s'posed to put this up here and not have a hard copy...

anywho...i did my observation on people at the dining hall

Fastwrite:
Everyone always goes to the dining hall. I mean, why not? The food is great! You can definitely come across a wide variety of people with different backgrounds. It could be considered a mixing bowl. Many different groups of people came to the US in search of a better life. And now, many generations later, those same groups of people are still coming together. Except instead of being in search of a better life, they're coming together because of food. I think food is a good enough reason to come together. The food itself has a such a variety. There's pizza and salads and tacos and burgers and pasta....so many nations are being represented just by a few dishes of food, let alone the people coming to eat them. Food solves all problems: when you're in a bad mood or hungry, eat some and it makes you feel better; if people agree on a food they like, then that's something they have in common; if it's a food they don't like, well then it still works out because there's more of that food available for the person who likes that food. Food is just the universal problem taker-awayer. :)

Questions to ask:
Why did they choose that particular food item?
Have they had this dish before or are they trying something new?
Did they come with friends or a group that they are part of?
If it's a group they are part, do the people the people they went to diner with hang out outside of this group?
Do they like the food they chose?
Is the food they chose appealing to the eye?
Why did they choose this dining facility?

Narrative:
Several groups, as well as loners looking for a quick and studial bite to eat, enter into the dining hall filled with people and food. There is one thing you notice that all these people have in common: they are all happy to be here. They enter in and wander around, pondering what they will eat; it all looks so delicious. They may run into a familiar face that they know and stop and say hi and ask how they've been. They want to know how their summer was, if they took any trips or worked, and how their classes are going and how they like them. After making the final selection for food and drink, they look helplessly trying to find a place to sit and eat their food in the overflowing dining hall. Once they've finished their first round of food, several of them head up for seconds, others just work their way towards the dessert and see what wonderful delights are available. Their eyes widen with glee as they find the perfect selection to top off a stuffing meal. Finally full to their stomach's content, they meander their way over to the dish line to deposit their dirty dishware and garbage before heading out the door. They say hi to person they recognize in the next group of attendees to the dining hall.