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