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How to Leave Your Trace With A Pair of Ice Skates

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         An insider to my school, but an outsider to the ice rink that stands beside it. For the last three years of attending my school, I have yet to enter the ice rink, let alone any ice rink. Ordinarily, I never took a second look at it or set a foot inside. From a few feet away, I glanced up to the brick building containing a variety of shades of brown and the bold lettering that reads Sunnycrest Ice Rink. To find information on directions and hours of operations,  click here . As I hurriedly walked towards the set of dark brown doors from the brisk air, my brother stops me  to tell  me that I  was  going the wrong way.  I felt a little embarrassed, so the correct doors you should enter through is on the far right of the Sunnycrest sign.  When we walked through the correct entrance, the warmth enveloped me, and the loud sound of chatter touched my ears and my eyes met with three large glass paintings. Paintings of individuals engaging in activities on ice.             
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Keep Skating

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     Today I went to the ice rink for the second time and I already felt like an insider in a sense. One of my friends that went with me struggled with skating on ice, and because I learned enough to move on ice, I helped her. Which is pretty ironic since not too long ago, my brother along with a little kid I had never met before were the ones who had to help me. I have pushed myself to learn how to skate and learn the "ins" and "outs" of the ice rink. After a few hours of helping each other skate and me analyzing the place once more, I feel that I have just enough to add to my guide. I analyzed how people behaved, dressed, and even how they skated. I took several pictures and I surprisingly had a little conversation with the other workers there. One of the workers is a friend of mine from school, and I asked her numerous questions that I believe will help my guide.      My experiences at the ice rink are memorable, and I even came out of my comfort zone in some
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Hoping to Spend My Sundays On Ice

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     Hey lovely people, it is a Sunday afternoon as I am typing this in my bed and a realization came to me that my Sundays are no longer going to be spent in bed, but rather on ice.     From the previous blogs about my project, I have chosen the ice rink to be my place because not only does it meet the requirements, but it also gives me a chance to try something new. Plus, it is the perfect time for me to ice skate considering winter isn’t too far from now. During the three years of attending my school, I have yet to step inside the ice rink that was right beside it. I am completely oblivious to what it is like to be in the shoes of ice skaters, in this case, ice skates. Because of my oblivion, I might just follow these steps  here . I’m pretty sure outsiders would follow them as well. Choosing this place for my project will push me to understand how it feels to glide across ice, or fail to, and to experience an unfamiliar environment.      As someone who has never been in the
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Two Sides Combined

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     In our lives, we are not only just an insider or an outsider, but both. To certain places and groups, I am an insider and to several others, I am an outsider. Possessing both of these qualities allows a continuous cycle of introducing and sharing ideas and experiences with one another. This leads to an impact on our identities along with places.      The ideas of being an outsider in a space resonate with me because throughout my life I have always stayed within my comfort zone, never going out of my way to explore new places and meet new people. The several places and events that my friends are familiar with, I am an outsider to. Places deemed typical and normal, like the ice rink. I didn't mind being an outsider until now. Until I've read texts about being imprinted by place and having an impact on place. This idea that I could leave my trace or a piece of myself at place was strange to me and I wish to express my individuality to the places I feel encouraged to visit,
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What It Takes To Navigate

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During the Unit 2 assignment, I will be encouraged to encounter differences. This Unit requires a push towards crossing borders and boundaries in order to engage with unfamiliar spaces or events. Spaces that possess differences including practices, behaviors or discourses. As an outsider, it requires overcoming a sense of unfamiliarity or discomfort in becoming knowledgeable on a space. Analyzing and developing an understanding of the space are necessary in building a guide that will be beneficial for my readers to navigate that space.
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My Introduction

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     I love listening to music all the time. I also love art, fashion, and photography.      Taking this class so far, I've learned that this class encourages me to think outside of the box, and teaches me to read and write analytically. The work can be time-consuming but it pushes me to improve my time-management skills along with my reading and writing skills.      Through this new unit, I hope to have built some kind of connection and admiration to the place or event I will choose. I hope that I can adapt the level of confidence I need for this unit and apply that to my life whenever I want to become an 'insider' to unfamiliar yet, interesting places. I also hope to improve my communication skills with strangers considering I will have to interview people in this unit.
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