-What are the people on this blog talking about?
>>The people on this blog are talking about the absurd high standards of motherhood now-a-days. They find humor in the "average" mother that isn't the stereo typical cookie-cutter-size-2 wonder woman. The name of the blog is White Trash Mother.
-How do the different blogs relate to one another? How are they similar? How are they different?
>>They blogs are all related because they are all about mothers. They are all similar because they share different accounts of humorous stories from every day life as a mother. They are all different in the scenarios and how the stories are presented.
-What subtopics did you learn about while following the conversations? Do some of the subtopics cause you to reconsider your understanding of the issue?
>>To be honest, there weren't too many subtopics ascociated with the issue.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Saturday, September 12, 2009
D#3-Hw#6
Generate Topic Ideas
1. Unemployment, healthcare, war, abortion, illegal immigration, economic depression.
2.
a) What affect is unemployment having on the consumer market?
b) What are the new healthcare policies proposed by Obama?
c) What affect has the war had on our economy?
d) Should abortion be covered under healthcare?
e) What is Obama going to do to prevent illegal immigration?
f) How serious is the economic depression we are experiencing?
3. A topic that sounds interesting to me would be C., the affect the war in Afghanistan has had on our economy. I would like to analyze a time line of our economic depression side-by-side with a time line of the war and see if there is any correlation between the two. My opinion, I believe that the beligerent spending of our U.S. dollars for warfare has cause us to fall into the worst economy our country has seen in years.
1. Unemployment, healthcare, war, abortion, illegal immigration, economic depression.
2.
a) What affect is unemployment having on the consumer market?
b) What are the new healthcare policies proposed by Obama?
c) What affect has the war had on our economy?
d) Should abortion be covered under healthcare?
e) What is Obama going to do to prevent illegal immigration?
f) How serious is the economic depression we are experiencing?
3. A topic that sounds interesting to me would be C., the affect the war in Afghanistan has had on our economy. I would like to analyze a time line of our economic depression side-by-side with a time line of the war and see if there is any correlation between the two. My opinion, I believe that the beligerent spending of our U.S. dollars for warfare has cause us to fall into the worst economy our country has seen in years.
D#3-Hw#5
Find Out Whats Important to You
1. What discussions engage you and other members of the community?
-Personal: Social events, school, personal life, and family issues.
-Academic: Financial aid, politics.
-Professional: Politics, economy, family life, social life.
-Civic: None
Unsure about the rest of the questions...
1. What discussions engage you and other members of the community?
-Personal: Social events, school, personal life, and family issues.
-Academic: Financial aid, politics.
-Professional: Politics, economy, family life, social life.
-Civic: None
Unsure about the rest of the questions...
D#3-Hw#4
Identify Kairos
1. My main motivation for doing the research is to obviously get a good grade on a required assignment. However, the ability to conduct research and organize my ideas more effectively will come naturally as a result.
2. There are a lot of things going on around me that affect my understanding, school being the biggest one.
3. Considering I am still in the process of narrowing down my options for a research topic, there are many things that could happen that could affect my decision.
1. My main motivation for doing the research is to obviously get a good grade on a required assignment. However, the ability to conduct research and organize my ideas more effectively will come naturally as a result.
2. There are a lot of things going on around me that affect my understanding, school being the biggest one.
3. Considering I am still in the process of narrowing down my options for a research topic, there are many things that could happen that could affect my decision.
Deadline #3-Hw #3
Is Breast Always Best???
-What did you like about it?
a) I liked the fact that she was an experienced mother as opposed to someone inexperienced in motherhood. Her real life examples about her some were extremely effective and proved to anyone reading how confident she is in formula milk.
-How does it fit the WP#1 assignment prompt?
b) This proposal fits with WP#1 because she had a clear audience she was addressing and she uses personal experiences.
-If you were going to revise this to submit for wp#1, what would you change? why?
c) If I were going to revise this paper I would include more information on the formula's available to use and what the positives of using them would be.
-What did you like about it?
a) I liked the fact that she was an experienced mother as opposed to someone inexperienced in motherhood. Her real life examples about her some were extremely effective and proved to anyone reading how confident she is in formula milk.
-How does it fit the WP#1 assignment prompt?
b) This proposal fits with WP#1 because she had a clear audience she was addressing and she uses personal experiences.
-If you were going to revise this to submit for wp#1, what would you change? why?
c) If I were going to revise this paper I would include more information on the formula's available to use and what the positives of using them would be.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
D#2 Reflection...
The assignments this week have helped me analyze my writing in a critical way, which I think is necessary for any writer to improve. I feel like the next research paper I do, my work will be more efficient and the information will be more organized. I am also gratefull for the various resources I discovered via the grammar assignment and I definately plan on using them in the future. Overall, the first two chapters were reassuring because I knew the basic information given, but they were also very informative and I learned about a lot of the little things I can do to improve my research.
I commented on the following:
-Summer Bretz: D#2 HW#7
-Corey Palmer: D#2 HW#6
-Marissa Rodas: D#2 HW#7
I commented on the following:
-Summer Bretz: D#2 HW#7
-Corey Palmer: D#2 HW#6
-Marissa Rodas: D#2 HW#7
D#2 Grammar HW#8
The problem area in my writing that I chose to focus on is punctuation, commas to be more specific. I find myself often breezing through my writing or getting ahead of myself and often forget to use the correct punctuation, or any punctuation at all. After completing a quick tutorial on the Daily Writing Tips website and reading through the "Commas: Quick Rules" section of Purdue Owl, I am reassured that my use of commas and punctuation still has plenty of room to improve. This information was helpful in finding introductory words or phrases in my paragraphs that needed commas after them.
(Before Editing)
An obvious solution to the immigration problem starts with securing the border. Although some areas have sufficient protection the U.S.-Mexico border is largely divided by thin wire fences. After installing a 14 mile section of fence along the San Diego border called "the ‘San Diego Primary Fence’ ... apprehensions at the Imperial Beach Station were reduced by 80 percent" (Wagner). Many people believe a fence is unnecessary to keep illegal aliens out. However a recent study found that "53 percent of individuals being deported simply came right back" (Wagner). This proves that the tactics being used to keep them out are ineffective and illegal aliens are basically waltzing back and forth across our borders. Also the open borders provide a free ride pathway for drug smugglers to go back and forth. In conclusion the only way to stop immigrants from illegally going back and forth is to secure our borders with bigger and better fences.
Deportation in this country is extremely passive and basically runs on the honor system. Normally, when an illegal alien is caught they are given a certain amount of time to leave the country and are usually given a date for an immigration hearings. Through this process many escape and slip through the cracks living their lives in the U.S. as fugitives. Over a 16 month period when 42,000 illegal immigrants were found, "28,000 were released pending immigration hearings, but 90 percent did not show up to their hearings" (Hendricks). However, officials have taken action against these unnecessary hearings and are taking a more aggressive approach. The new method of deportation is "a formal procedure that carries a five-year bar to re-entry and usually does not allow for a hearing before an immigration judge" (Hendricks). While some think this method is harsh it is aimed to encourage the legal process of immigration and harshly punish the illegal immigrants. Also, eliminating a hearing before an immigration judge is allowing fewer and fewer immigrants to slip through the cracks. In brief, we must continue to enforce timely deportation of illegal immigrants.
(After)
An obvious solution to the immigration problem starts with securing the border. Although some areas have sufficient protection, the U.S.-Mexico border is largely divided by thin wire fences. After installing a 14 mile section of fence along the San Diego border called "the ‘San Diego Primary Fence’ ... apprehensions at the Imperial Beach Station were reduced by 80 percent" (Wagner). Many people believe a fence is unnecessary to keep illegal aliens out. However, a recent study found that "53 percent of individuals being deported simply came right back" (Wagner). This proves that the tactics being used to keep them out are ineffective and illegal aliens are basically waltzing back and forth across our borders. Also, the open borders provide a free ride pathway for drug smugglers to go back and forth. In conclusion, the only way to stop immigrants from illegally going back and forth is to secure our borders with bigger and better fences.
Deportation in this country is extremely passive and basically runs on the honor system. Normally, when an illegal alien is caught, they are given a certain amount of time to leave the country and are usually given a date for an immigration hearings. Through this process, many escape and slip through the cracks living their lives in the U.S. as fugitives. Over a 16 month period when 42,000 illegal immigrants were found, "28,000 were released pending immigration hearings, but 90 percent did not show up to their hearings" (Hendricks). However, officials have taken action against these unnecessary hearings and are taking a more aggressive approach. The new method of deportation is "a formal procedure that carries a five-year bar to re-entry and usually does not allow for a hearing before an immigration judge" (Hendricks). While some think this method is harsh, it is aimed to encourage the legal process of immigration and harshly punish the illegal immigrants. Also, eliminating a hearing before an immigration judge is allowing fewer and fewer immigrants to slip through the cracks. In brief, we must continue to enforce timely deportation of illegal immigrants.
(Before Editing)
An obvious solution to the immigration problem starts with securing the border. Although some areas have sufficient protection the U.S.-Mexico border is largely divided by thin wire fences. After installing a 14 mile section of fence along the San Diego border called "the ‘San Diego Primary Fence’ ... apprehensions at the Imperial Beach Station were reduced by 80 percent" (Wagner). Many people believe a fence is unnecessary to keep illegal aliens out. However a recent study found that "53 percent of individuals being deported simply came right back" (Wagner). This proves that the tactics being used to keep them out are ineffective and illegal aliens are basically waltzing back and forth across our borders. Also the open borders provide a free ride pathway for drug smugglers to go back and forth. In conclusion the only way to stop immigrants from illegally going back and forth is to secure our borders with bigger and better fences.
Deportation in this country is extremely passive and basically runs on the honor system. Normally, when an illegal alien is caught they are given a certain amount of time to leave the country and are usually given a date for an immigration hearings. Through this process many escape and slip through the cracks living their lives in the U.S. as fugitives. Over a 16 month period when 42,000 illegal immigrants were found, "28,000 were released pending immigration hearings, but 90 percent did not show up to their hearings" (Hendricks). However, officials have taken action against these unnecessary hearings and are taking a more aggressive approach. The new method of deportation is "a formal procedure that carries a five-year bar to re-entry and usually does not allow for a hearing before an immigration judge" (Hendricks). While some think this method is harsh it is aimed to encourage the legal process of immigration and harshly punish the illegal immigrants. Also, eliminating a hearing before an immigration judge is allowing fewer and fewer immigrants to slip through the cracks. In brief, we must continue to enforce timely deportation of illegal immigrants.
(After)
An obvious solution to the immigration problem starts with securing the border. Although some areas have sufficient protection, the U.S.-Mexico border is largely divided by thin wire fences. After installing a 14 mile section of fence along the San Diego border called "the ‘San Diego Primary Fence’ ... apprehensions at the Imperial Beach Station were reduced by 80 percent" (Wagner). Many people believe a fence is unnecessary to keep illegal aliens out. However, a recent study found that "53 percent of individuals being deported simply came right back" (Wagner). This proves that the tactics being used to keep them out are ineffective and illegal aliens are basically waltzing back and forth across our borders. Also, the open borders provide a free ride pathway for drug smugglers to go back and forth. In conclusion, the only way to stop immigrants from illegally going back and forth is to secure our borders with bigger and better fences.
Deportation in this country is extremely passive and basically runs on the honor system. Normally, when an illegal alien is caught, they are given a certain amount of time to leave the country and are usually given a date for an immigration hearings. Through this process, many escape and slip through the cracks living their lives in the U.S. as fugitives. Over a 16 month period when 42,000 illegal immigrants were found, "28,000 were released pending immigration hearings, but 90 percent did not show up to their hearings" (Hendricks). However, officials have taken action against these unnecessary hearings and are taking a more aggressive approach. The new method of deportation is "a formal procedure that carries a five-year bar to re-entry and usually does not allow for a hearing before an immigration judge" (Hendricks). While some think this method is harsh, it is aimed to encourage the legal process of immigration and harshly punish the illegal immigrants. Also, eliminating a hearing before an immigration judge is allowing fewer and fewer immigrants to slip through the cracks. In brief, we must continue to enforce timely deportation of illegal immigrants.
D#2 HW#6
6) What are your writing idiosyncrasies?
Some idiosyncrasies that family members have commented on in the past is that my material is original and is presented in a creative manner. I find myself using words that would appeal to a more professional audience. In other words, I try and use words that make me sound more intelligent. I often find myself and others correcting me for run on sentences and silly punctuation mistakes. My papers often have comments on them that talk about the voice in the paper and the flow of my ideas. I believe I could focus more on complex sentences and adding variety through out my papers.
Some idiosyncrasies that family members have commented on in the past is that my material is original and is presented in a creative manner. I find myself using words that would appeal to a more professional audience. In other words, I try and use words that make me sound more intelligent. I often find myself and others correcting me for run on sentences and silly punctuation mistakes. My papers often have comments on them that talk about the voice in the paper and the flow of my ideas. I believe I could focus more on complex sentences and adding variety through out my papers.
D#2 HW#4
4) How do research processes compare?
*Why did you conduct this research? If you were given instructions, what were they?
-Academic: The reason for conducting my research was for my previous English 101 course. The instructions were to pick a topic, create an opinion on the situation, and use 5 different sources to research the topic.
-Personal: The reason for conducting personal research was for my summer job. I knew I wanted to go to Alaska to fish commercially, but it took lots of research and consideration to finally decide which one to work for.
*What questions did you ask?
-Academic: I asked questions that I believed the audience would want and expect to be answered through the essay.
-Personal: I asked myself questions concerning the location, wage, and living expenses of each location.
*What went right and what went wrong?
-Academic: I found myself asking questions that didn't have optimal material to research and picking new questions.
-Personal: I asked questions to people who were trying to persuade me to come work for them when I should have been questioning past employees.
*What were the outcomes of your research?
-Academic: The outcomes of my research was a 5 page essay and an A.
-Personal: The outcome of my research was the peace of mind that I had considered all of my options and picked the best one for me.
*How would you conduct your research differently if you were to do it again?
-Academic: I would ask better questions to ensure that the questions I'm researching have optimal information.
-Personal: I would ask my questions to variety of audiences, as opposed to the audience trying to persuade me.
*Why did you conduct this research? If you were given instructions, what were they?
-Academic: The reason for conducting my research was for my previous English 101 course. The instructions were to pick a topic, create an opinion on the situation, and use 5 different sources to research the topic.
-Personal: The reason for conducting personal research was for my summer job. I knew I wanted to go to Alaska to fish commercially, but it took lots of research and consideration to finally decide which one to work for.
*What questions did you ask?
-Academic: I asked questions that I believed the audience would want and expect to be answered through the essay.
-Personal: I asked myself questions concerning the location, wage, and living expenses of each location.
*What went right and what went wrong?
-Academic: I found myself asking questions that didn't have optimal material to research and picking new questions.
-Personal: I asked questions to people who were trying to persuade me to come work for them when I should have been questioning past employees.
*What were the outcomes of your research?
-Academic: The outcomes of my research was a 5 page essay and an A.
-Personal: The outcome of my research was the peace of mind that I had considered all of my options and picked the best one for me.
*How would you conduct your research differently if you were to do it again?
-Academic: I would ask better questions to ensure that the questions I'm researching have optimal information.
-Personal: I would ask my questions to variety of audiences, as opposed to the audience trying to persuade me.
D#2 HW#3
3) How have you conducted research?
A time that I can remember conducting research to solve a problem was when I was considering which classes to take for the present semester. First of all, I made a list of all the classes that I still need to fullfill my degree. Then, considering my work schedule which starts at 8:00 and ends at 4:00 in the afternoon, I quickly weeded out any classes that were strictly available in the afternoon. After deciding on a biology, math, and English course, I then began to entertain the idea of an internet course. I considered all three courses and the amount of participation required in each. After conversing with older siblings that have completed English 102, I decided that with my busy weekly schedule and the nature of the course, the internet option was my best bet with English 102.
A time that I can remember conducting research to solve a problem was when I was considering which classes to take for the present semester. First of all, I made a list of all the classes that I still need to fullfill my degree. Then, considering my work schedule which starts at 8:00 and ends at 4:00 in the afternoon, I quickly weeded out any classes that were strictly available in the afternoon. After deciding on a biology, math, and English course, I then began to entertain the idea of an internet course. I considered all three courses and the amount of participation required in each. After conversing with older siblings that have completed English 102, I decided that with my busy weekly schedule and the nature of the course, the internet option was my best bet with English 102.
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