A New View

Numbers v.s #

The correct way to write numbers in a paper is to spell out the single-digit numbers, and use numerals for any number greater than nine.

Correct Examples:
I want five copies.
I want 10 copies.

http://www.grammarbook.com/numbers/numbers.asp

America the Beautiful

Essayist Dinesh D'Souza, believes the reason we are hated by so many is because we're so good. D'Sounza point is hard to argue with, seeing as how you witness this in everyday life. Sometimes when someone is overly perfect, it's irritating. I think D' Sounza makes a good point when he talks about America's "exceptionalism & universalism." I as well as many Americans are grateful for being able to live in the U.S. We have wonderful opportunity's. When D'Sounza talks about how our country is built on individuals shaping their own lives and making our own destiny's, this is a strong statement and is true. However i think that in other countries this just may not be as valued to individuals. Some people don't like to make their own decisions, and it is easier for them to be a follower as oppose to their own leader of their destiny.
When D'Sounza talks about us learning to appreciate our differences, this could not be anymore true. I think that is a huge aspect of life that needs o be worked on by many people, politically, religiously, physically, and mentally. Everyone is so different, looks different, raised different, believes different. Their is no right or wrong and it will forever be an ongoing debate.

Awe!!! The wonderful world of serving!!! lol Bahahah

Anthoer add where women are being objectifyed. This photo is disturbing. Yet is used in fashion magazines to sell clothes.. Never really pair much attention to photos like these, but now you can't help but notice.

Objectifying Women

Critical Thinking!!!

In between writing modes?!?!?!

Argument mode & Cause & Effect
So I know what topic i am going to write about.. and YES i did change my mind.. Oops. But it is on Performance enhancing drugs and baseball.
I was thinking Argument mode would be a good route to go while writting this essay. I think it could be a strong paper if I use this mode. The fact that I would write the paper by showing specific details about performance enhancing drugs, evidence to how id effects an atheletes body/ performance, and also i could justify my position on the issue. I think those are all really great ways to support my opinon that players should be tested more regularly and that their should be harsher punishments for athletes who do use them.
On the other hand.....
Cause and effect is another mode that would work with my paper.
I would start with the subject... Explain the "cause and effect" of these performance enhancing drugs that are being used in baseball. as well as other sports, but thats the one i am writting about. And then go from there in explaining my opinion on the issue.

3 annotated bib's!

Was not sure how to post these on my groups page, so i went ahead an did it on mine...
Also, my topic has changed.... errr i know it's bad, but i was unable to find soem legit sources for the topic, "How technology is changing the way we communicate"
So here is what i have came up with instead...

“Young Black Men and Drug Policy.” Editorial. America. 25 Nov. 1995 7 April 2008
This source provides excellent statistics pertaining to minorities and how racial profiling and the war on drugs affects them and inner-city communities. Source states that racial biases are clearly evident as tools in law enforcement. This source will also give me great statistics to refer to while persuading the reader of obvious biases towards ethnic minorities.

Leo, John. “Inventing a Crack in the Law” U.S. News and World Report. 119.18 (1995):
22. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. 7 April 2008 This source focuses on the overwhelming number of black males imprisoned for the use or sale of crack cocaine. The author states the enormous difference in the sentencing between powder and crack cocaine and how the war on drugs is really a war on blacks and meant to imprison minority citizens. This article is an opinion piece and will be helpful when stressing the frustration of racial profiling and the war on drugs from minorities point of view.

Small, Deborah. “The War on Drugs is a War on Racial Justice.” Social Research. 68.3
(2001):896-903. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. DSC lib., 7 April. 2008< > This article is written by Deborah Small who insists that the drug policy in the United States in racially biased. She goes on to explain that not only is this creating a overpopulated prison community of blacks and Latino’s, but it is demographically removing these citizens from voting for any major political office by creating a large felon population in inner-cities. Author also includes many legitimate statistics of arrests of blacks compared to whites regarding racial profiling as it pertains to the so-called war on drugs. This source will be very helpful for developing the importance and relevance my two connected topics.

Back to basics!!

Wow, so even on my last two papers i realized i was typing my first page not in the correct MLA format, the Name, date, course, and instructos name should all be double spaced on the left hand side with the header, Hutchins 1, on the top right corner.. here is an example of how it should be correctly done.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/

Communication!!!

COMMUNICATION

How did people communicate before languages were created?
What is the cheapest way to send or receive information?
Who invented the telephone?
How were smoke signals decrypted?
How did people receive messages before there was a telephone?
What is the latest form of communication?
How many text messages does the average teenager send daily?
What is twittering?
How many different email addressed are there? Ex. Gmail, hotmail, yahoo…
How many languages are spoke within Utah?
Should it be required to learn more than one foreign language in high school?
How long has emailing been around?
How many people have an email account?
What is the most used way to receives news/ information?
Why is twittering more well known to celebrities?
Should the amount of cell phone time be limited to children doing poorly in school?
Should cell phones not be allowed in the workplace?
Do more people read about news via newspapers in 2008, or via internet?
How many different networks broadcast daily?
Do other countries use the same communication technology as the United States?
In the 60’s what was the most convenient way to receive news?
When did the postal service first start?
How long has sports radio been around?
What effect would it have on society if news was not broadcasted?


i apologize.. i'll think of more, but this is all i could com eup with at the time...

Incomplete sentences. It's a problem i admit i may have.

This has been an awesome week. Had a Geo midterm, think i did fairly well on. I'm so glad that Chelci gave us an extra week to perfect our papers. Here's a site i found interesting for the grammar post tonight.

http://www.pvc.maricopa.edu/lsc/faq/eng/enggraer.htm

10 tips for keeping writing professional?

Just a few fun things to check over before completing a paper.

#1: Plan your writing

Before you actually start to write, put some thought into what you’re going to write. First, determine your purpose and your primary audience. Decide what information you need to give your audience — and what information you don’t. Figure out the best way to convey your message. Focus on being objective and convincing so that your message appeals to both the receptive and resistant members of your audience.

#2: Do your homework

Research your topic so that you aren’t just relying on opinion. Collect and analyze data. Incorporate visual aids (charts, graphs, tables, photos, etc.) when appropriate.

#3: Write drafts

Don’t expect perfection in the beginning. In fact, your final product will be much better if you start by cranking out a crappy first draft. As writer Anne Lamott observed, “All good writers write them. This is how they end up with good second drafts and terrific third drafts.” Concentrate on the content of the writing, and be sure — above all — that it is accurate.

#4: Revise for style, correct grammar, and spelling

Writers who fail at this step lose credibility with their readers. Buy a good grammar handbook and dictionary and use them whenever you’re unsure about punctuation and spelling

#5: Choose effective wording

Use language that is concise and familiar rather than verbose and academic.

Examples:

Use, not utilize; shortage, not paucity. Avoid clichés, slang, and buzzwords.

#6: Watch out for commonly confused words and phrases

Many words are easily mixed up, such as:

• accept/except
• advice/advise
• affect/effect
• its/it’s
• lay/lie
• passed/past
• personal/personnel
• moral/morale
• sit/set
• real/really
• your/you’re
• their/they’re
• theirs/there’s

Learn to use these words correctly and double-check to make sure the wrong form doesn’t get by you.

#7: Be precise

Use specific, concrete words.

Examples:

Three, not several; boat or car, not vehicle. Watch out for words such as recently, substantial, a few, and a lot. Try to be more exact. Give your reader a specific mental picture of what you mean.

#8: Write concisely

Businesspeople are too busy for wordy writing. Keep your reports, memos, and other business documents as brief and clear as possible.

#9: Avoid redundancy

Many repetitive phrases can be tightened into one word.

Examples:

History, not past history; plan, not plan ahead; sum or total, not sum total, to, not in order to.

#10: Vary your sentence structure

Mix up simple, compound, and complex sentences. Use both short and long sentences to keep your writing interesting.

etc.. http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=110

Moving beyond our argumental culture

"The Roots Of Debate In Education" In reference to your last question, I do believe that Tannen Moves beyond simply arguing a point in this essay. She actually does cause you to engage in a higher order of critical thinking. The first example i found to be true was in the section, Sharing Time: early Training in School; in this section she tells a story about The boy who had been given the volcanic rock by his mother. Tannen makes it clear that the teacher was trying to enforce formal rather than recreational knowledge. However, I have to argue the fact that yes this observation may be present, but Tannen can't relate the teachers behavior to question the child's object in a formal/ educational matter, but it could also could be due to a natural curiosity. It seems any time someone is acting as a communicator, we as the listeners engage in asking questions. We as society want to know all the facts, not just the ones presented. Point being, I don't believe that it is an educational influence to be taught to speak in a focused explicit way, i believe that is part of a role society places on us.
I enjoyed reading the section, Believing as Thinking; It went well with our lesson in class last week, when we dealt with the court case. By having us split into groups and tell us what part of the case we were for or against begun to open up ways for us to play the believing game. We had to use different methods to come up with ideas and facts that supported the case we were arguing. I agree with Tannen, she explains in a more in depth manner that we do shut out ideas or arguments that we don't agree with. We sometimes tend to be hard headed and not see all sides or points of views to an argument.

Compound Sentences.

A compound sentence has two independent clauses joined by either a coordinating conjunction, conjunctive adverb, or a semicolon. This site explained that. Click here,

http://www.towson.edu/ows/sentences.htm#COMPOUND%20SENTENCE

"I wanna be average" By Mike Rose

Mike Rose is obviously very praiseworthy as a teacher. This may come from his strong opinions and books he has published that are found interesting by many. In the beginning, Ken Harvey is presented to the author as his first sense of his awakening. It is humorous , seeing at how simple Ken's statement needed to be to give Mike Rose his new outlook.
The author illustrates that, " Bullshit, of course, is everything you -and the others- fear is beyond you: essay, tests, academic scrambling, complexity, etc. This comes as a strong statement. The use of logos stands out. By capturing one's attention and trying to get the logic out of what we might consider minute tasks.
"Membership on the track team covered me." This statement illustrates to me a confident luxury he feels he had. Not having to worry about classes you felt you were not interested in. It is still hard for me to grasp the fact that we have a school system set up this way. Education is excellent, but required on certain subjects is disagreeable with in my personal opinion. Through the use of pathos,the author does an excellent job at describing his fathers condition. At any age its hard to to witness family and elders age.
I could not help but laugh when he describes how he had no idea what "entrance requirements" were. That's pretty much how i felt on graduation day. I knew college was a must and i would make it there when i was ready. He really shows a lot of joy, and enhances the use of pathos to express his excitement when he realizes with MacFarlands help he can make college a reality.

That vs.Who vs. Which

I was looking up grammer errors that were commen mistakes in papers. I found this, I t wa snever really a prblem, or at least one in which i ever would have thought as. I guess i just use whichever word comes into my head first when writing a paper. But check out this site!
http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar/whoVwhVt.asp

Michal Moore...4 or Against!

Even though i don't agree with the way Michael Moore states some of his facts, just because the way he goes about presenting things is a little demeaning towards many people. But i have to agree that what he says about our education system is completly true. parents are putting their children in the hands of our schools sytems and teachers. Its a scary thing knowing what children could or lack there of be larning for these so called educated teachers. I'm sure everyone one of us can recall a teacher who stood out to us, maybe lend the extra helping hand or just had a few good methods of teaching. I for one could not be more blessed in first grade when myteacher actually had me stay after school to work on my reading. I guess you could say i was not a quick learner, still to this day not the best. But i am grateful to her for doing more than what was required. In like manner, our counrty should be doing more to boost our nations knowlege as a whole. People in America either are completly for or against what Micheal Moore presents. Liberal people seem to be one his band wagon. And republicans take what he says offensize. I look at it as, it's one mans point of view. Whatever he says is just opening our eyes to viewing things from a different perspective or as someone who supports and is a voice to the things some americans actually believe.

Subject Verb Agreement...

I was googleing trying to find something to make a post about on a grammer issue when i found the subject verb agreement. I didn't even know what this was when i first saw it, but this site helps give a clear understanding of how and when to use it.

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/GRAMMAR/sv_agr.htm

Media Cartoon

Using Pronouns Clearly

Using ponouns, this in it self is a difficult task for me.. ugh seeing as how i'm not really sure what a pronoun is..

Definition: 1. The part of speech that substitutes for nouns or noun phrases and designates persons or things asked for, previously specified, or understood from the context.
2. Any of the words within this part of speech, such as he or whom.


Click here http://http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_pronuse.html

Makin Dat Money

Throughout the story "Looking for Work", by Gary Soto; I begun to realize similarities between the author and I. He states that while he was a child he had the desire to get rich. I myself had these same goals in mind. Although i didn't go around to neighbors homes asking if they needed yard work done. Seeing as how that's what my chores consisted of, things such as mowing the lawn, pulling weeds. Keep in mind, this was all done with no allowence. However, I was fortunate enough to live on a golf course. Your probably wondering how a little girl was going to make money living on a golf course.. Ha Ha well the easiest way possible. My sister and i would go on these gnarly golf ball hunts through the biggest freaking weeds and bushes. We found tons and tons of golf balls. You can make bank selling used golfballs for a couple quarters along with ice cold lemonade to all the golfers. Wow, that was totally off the subject, but i was just trying to compare myself to the story.
The part when it talks about how he desired to have the so called perfect family, was interesting. After my parents got divorced i sort of envied some of my friends families. It was embaressing for me to first tell them that my dad had moved out. Weird, it's sucha commen thing now-a-days.

In referrence to the 1950's story, I can see why some people would want to grow up in the 50's as oppose to others desiring to relive the 70's and 80's. I personlly wish i could experience a little bit of each. Their are things that appeal to me from each era. In one part it talks about how modern mothers place their parents in homes instead of taking care of them. i think this statement steriotypes current mothers. I think every situation is different. But overall the stories were both really interesting. I like the difference between both the authors. The first story was told from memory of his childhood, the second was based off facts, research and statistics. Overall though i like the first one best. You can understand the lifestyle he grew up in and his surrondings.

Previous techers rules....

I found it hard to believe in my English 101o class, our teacher would not allow the use of semi colons.
Found underhttp://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_commacomp.html

Use a semicolon when you link two independent clauses with no connecting words. For example:
I am going home; I intend to stay there.
It rained heavily during the afternoon; we managed to have our picnic anyway.
They couldn't make it to the summit and back before dark; they decided to camp for the night.

I found this site that correctly explains how and when to use a semicolon. http://www.essortment.com/all/semicolon_rcnr.htm

One of the resons I am most grateful to be an American citizen is for being able to have the oppertunity to grow up and become whatever I dream to be. Its easy to understand the steps and processes one must take to fufill goals, dreams and asperations. Since America in known as the land of oppertunity it is a known fact that with the combination of knowledge and hard work you can become whatever it is you want to be.In addition, it is good to live in a country where different political beliefs can be openly expressed through the freedom of speech. As opposed to other countries where there is a dictatorship that forces a certain opinion on its people.It's cool to see how developed our country has come over the years. We have cell phones and laptops that are used on a daily basis that we find to be a necessity. However, the baby boomer era would have looked upon products we use now as being luxeries.