In the news # 5

That was so unfortunate how the pitbulls just burst in the home and attacked and killed the four month old baby. I do think the officers did what they thought necessary. If the dogs pose such a threat then something has to be done to protect peoples lives.
I do think that this is sort of a different case with the pitbulls vs human punishment. If the dogs show such violence and they pose a threat to other people then what is necessary should be done. In the case of humans, they should also suffer severe punishment for killing an innocent pet but not as severe as killing them, in my oppinion that is just way too severe. This is a type of difficult case to address.

Journal entry #5

1. Syfers describes a wife duty as:
taking care of the kids,
keeping track of appointments,
arranging to lose time off the job while not loosing the job,
attending to physical needs
cleaning the house
picking up after spouse and children
Cooking the meal
Ironing clothes, keeping it mended, or replacing it when needed
one who goes grocery shopping, serves pleasantly and cleans up while studying
one who is sensitive to sexual needs and one who is sexually faithful

Some of the duties described in the writing are still done today to some extent. It differs within varous families and cultures. In some families most of the duties described here is still performed by the wives today, while within other families you might see fewer of these duties performed. So I think it differs within cultures. I would say the husband and wife relationship has changed somewhat within the past 37 years. From what I have been told, the wife`s role was a bit inferior to that of the husband`s, the husband was in authority, although it is still the case today but I guess it was more like a dictatorship type role back then.

2. I liked syfers writing style actually, she doesnt spell out everything, she leaves it up to the reader to figure out exactly what she is talking about, or the big idea behind her writing. One thing I would`nt have done is make the whole entire essay a list of the duties of the wife, other than that I really did like it.

in the news #4 Social Networking

This is a very interesting article and it has much truth to it. These social networking sites have become apart of most of our lives. They are extremly addictive and a bit harmful. Harmful in that, people spend most of their time browsing these sites and forget some of the most important aspects of their lives. Just recently I had to delete my account on both myspace and hi5, and before that, tagged. It seemed ridiculous that most of my time was spent sitting around the computer browsing these sites and important things that should have been done like my home work were delayed. These sites are very addictive because of the different applications that accompany them as well as the many pictures of friends that everyone is just so eager to see. I think thats the main reason why people go on these sites, to see their friends pictures and show theirs as well. This might just be a phase, I dont know, but whether or not the fact still remains that these sites are addictive, harmful and of little importance.

6 Myths of creativity

The six myths of creativity
1. creativity comes from people who are creative
2. money pushes you to be creative
3. working within a time period forces you to be creative
4. When you are fearful, this pushes you to be creative
5. competing beats working together
6. a downsized organization is one that is creative

Teresa design her research by collecting 12,000 daily journals from 238 people working on creative projects in seven companies, she was looking for thought processes that lead to reativity. The fact that she "coded emails for creativity by looking for moments when people struggled with a problem or came up with anew idea" this was interesting.

I think the audience for this article are business people, or people trying to find out what foster`s creativity. I am able to recognize this by the information presented in the article.

Journal entry #4

1. When Bortholomae says that students should invent the university, I think he means that through their writing, they should make their environment come alive, meaning, the mood, the feeling, the plot should be as if they are actually in the piece of writing. The audience should feel what the students are writing about as if they are actually in that setting. Its almost like recreating the atmosphere to be apart of the writing.

2. The author suggest that a way for students to become "insiders" within academic courses is for them to be both inside and a discourse and being granted a special right to speak.
3. In the first student`s writing, the student stated that his idea was from his creativity, while not recognizing that everything that he said was his, was actually copied. In the second writing the student recognizes that her creativity actually came through inspiration, therefore it may have been copied in a sense but what was done with it after being copied, was created.
The author`s oppinion is that the first student`s writing was that the writing depends "on quotation marks and parody to set off the language and the attitudes that belongs to the discourse it would reject" while the second student`s writing went on in spite of the language that kept pressing to give another name to her experience and to bring the disscussion to a closure.

In the news #3 Advancement of Technology

I do think that technological advancement has posed greater problems than benefit,for example, certain drugs that are being made has very serious side effects, some of the household machines that we now have encourages lazyness, as a result many people have no clue of how to do things without these machines because their lives have become so dependent on it. Advance in technology has definitely posed more problems than benefits.

I Believe

I have always been taught to pray in particular situations, if I had a need, or just to give thanks, I never really knew the meaning of this however until I had an indirect experience relating to prayer. I was still just a child, at a very tender age, when my beliefs were shaped by this life changing event.
When she was yet a little girl, my sister had various experiences with epilepsy. She would suffer attacks that would cause various abnormal reactions. This was very alarming to my family and I, and we hardly knew how to handle this type of situation when they arose. The only thing we were really able to do was take her to the doctors; it seemed however, as if they were also struggling with the same problem of how to handle the situation, because when we did take her to the hospital, the doctors could neither find the cause of the problem, nor give a solution to the problem. This went on for quite some time before she was finally referred to a clinic. The doctors there offered to give her a particular type of medication that might have helped, but warned that it had serious side effects, some of which included; hairs growing all over her body and also her teeth growing above her gum. This was not exactly music to a mother in despair. My mom decided that this was not a medicine that she wanted for her daughter, because the side effects seemed to pose even more life threatening problems than the illness itself, therefore she left without taking it.
With hardly anything left to do, my mother decided that she would Seek God. After leaving the clinic, my mother took my sister to our church and gathered a few people to pray for my sister. They formed a circle with my sister in the middle and started praying for her, they prayed strongly for her health and also that she would not have to take the medication. They prayed for what seemed like a very long time. After leaving the church that night, it was neither necessary for my sister to return to the doctor or for her to take the medication, because my sister never again experienced the seizure attacks. Until this day, in her early stage of womanhood she has never experienced another attack and there is no trace of illness found in her.
This event changed my belief forever, I now believe in the power of prayer. Because of this situation, I now make prayer an important part of my life. Whenever I struggle with a problem, or get entangled in a particular situation, I pray. I pray without having a particular motive in mind. This keeps me in a more serene mood and state of mind. When things around me seem to crumble, I find myself in a state of peace on my knees or quietly bowing my head, because I believe that by praying, many mountains can be removed. I believe in the power of prayer.

In the News #2 Family Influence On politics

I think that it is true that people distort people`s view and make it seem as though they said something totally different, politicians especially will do anything in their powers to make things go in their favour and ofcourse if something is stated againts someone then another family member is going to defend the other. Family ties are very strong and it does influence politics, when you share certain traits, views, oppinions or even your whole life together, then ofcourse your influence is very strong, and I think this was seen in the case of Barack and his wife.

The Case Againts Chores

Working at the stable changed Smiley`s beliefs about chores. She describes this experience after she stated her views on chores. If she had described this some place else within the essay for example at the beginning, then the point of the experience would be lost. To support her argument she states that "this teaches the child lesson of alienated labor, not to love the work but to get it over with" I do think that , her evidence and reasons are somewhat authoratative. I think smiley`s intended audience are parents who forces their kids to do chores. Smiley uses rhetorical questions to emphasize that giving children chores to do isnt necessary. I really dont think these questions are logical, I really dont think her whole perspective on giving children chores to do is logical but everyone is entitled to their oppinion.

Writing is not a Mcdonald`s Hamburger

I think the authors purpose was to give readers some advice on how to write. She`s basically saying that we should`nt think too hard about what we are going to write, we should just start out simple be real with it. For example in the reading she says "allow yourself to be awkward".
I think she had high school and college students in mind when she wrote this piece. Other people who might benefit from this are people who have difficulty putting their thoughts together on a piece of paper.People who might not benefit from this are those who have mastered the art of writing.Her subject is the student whom she spoke about that writes really well. She thinks he rights really well but he just needs to take it slow.

My American Journey

I think Collin`s purpose was to give readers a brief overview of the various situations he had been through in order to be where he is today.
He achieve`s this by telling experiences from the past, for example when he was able to purchase from restaurants but wasnt able to eat there and also the hamburger experience.
I think the audience that Powell had in mind while writing was the African American Community or minorities in general.
The author is a strong-willed, determined individual who fights againts all odds to achieve what he desires.
Now that I have read the book my attitude has somewhat change towards the author in that I now see him as someone who has worked very hard and has risen above the challenge to be where he is today.

Journal entry #2

1.http://www.thisibelieve.org/dsp_ShowEssay.php?uid=13753&themelist=christianity&yval=0&start=10
This essay was very compelling because it is one that I am able to relate to. The author spoke about the power of prayer, something that I have experienced in my life continually. The author used a personal story, something happened in their life and they were able share their experience. I would say that the tone of the story is reflective, the author reflected on a particular point in their life when prayer seemed to have made a huge difference . This essay is similar to the other in that both authors used personal experiences to convey their messages the experiences and the messages behind them , however differ . The author definitely followed the guidelines provided by the "This I Believe " website. They shared a time when their belief was change, they personalized it, made it real, brief, stated their belief in a sentence and made it positive. For project 1 I would like to write about "Faith" that would be an ideal topic for me because I have had so many experiences with faith.
http://www.thisibelieve.org/dsp_ShowEssay.php?uid=17496&themelist=christianity&yval=0&start=10
2. In this essay the author spoke about past experiences that were not exactly positive but ones that positively helped to shape the way she now lives. This is very inspiring because it gives hope and shows that a bad situation can in fact produce good. The author used a story of hope to showcase their belief, God healed her wounds that were produced as a result of an abusive father. She now uses her story of hope to help young girls who are in similar situations.

Journal entry # 1

One of the previous school`s that I attended didn`t have a media center and I felt like that was one of the most important facility that a school should have, therefore I felt a need to respond to that situation and I did so in writing.
I responded in writing because that was mainly all i was able to do, I couldnt have taken any other action because I was only a student, I wasnt in authority. Also I did so in writing because in my opinion its a more official way of getting your point accross in a respectful manner; I felt that the situation might have recieved more attention if I made my request known through writing.
The type of genre I used was pursuasive essay. I choose this because this is something that I wanted the people in authority to address, and if I was able to pursuade them that the media center was important and in fact needed then my request might have been granted.
My audience were, the principal, teachers and students of my school but mainly the principal. I wanted the readers to think about the situation or the request stated in the writing and then begin to take into consideration what was written.
My purpose for writing was to pursuade and also to call to action. I felt that my purpose was in part accomplished. I say in part because I made the request known and stated why it was so important all that was left was for them to take the matter into consideration and decide whether to act or not.
To guide my writing the context which was basically building a media center was generated by what was currently happening.
Thinking about my writing as a rhetorical situation is different from thinking about it in other ways in that thinking about it as rheorical writing allows me to broaden the way I see it, think more in depth not just narrowing it down to one area as opposed to if I was thinking about it in other ways.

In the news # 1

My view on this Beta blocker drug is that people are free to use this drug if they please. If it is used to treat a certain illness then one should be free to use it wherever, whether its at the olympics or elsewhere . If it is a safe and legal drug there shouldnt be a problem if one decides to use it. If it was an illegal drug that might have allowed one to be on top in a particular sport, for example steroids,then that would be something to consider.