I think that it's good that things like splenda gets a lot of attention because I think that people don't really get how much things like this can hurt them. People is just thinking about fat and suger but there are acctually other things that is just as bad as suger or fat.
I havn't heard of spelnda before but I believe it's a bad thing and I belive that people buy things daily that contains splenda thinking that it's a good thing.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Questions for Active Reading p.233
1. Examine the details Sanders gives about building a wall to divide a room. Can you clearly visualize what Sanders is doing at each step? Is each concept clearly defined? Why, at the end of the essay, does Sanders feel the need to describe so clearly each step in the process?
The angles must be right and you have to use good tools. I think it's very unclear what Sanders is doing at each step. Maybe because he was thinking back at what his father would have said.
2. How does Sanders use chronological order in this essay? What objects, images, or ideas connect the different periods of time that he describes?
Sanders is jumpig between time in this essay. He is using his father, grandfather and him self to jump between time. First he tells us about one of them and then he jumps to one other.
3. What is a "dawn stone"? Why does Sanders describe it in this essay, and what does it represent to him?
A "dawn sone" is an unworked stone, that served as the earliest hammers. He sais that it's been a long time since they started to use the dawn stones but the desing or imaginations haven't changed that much.
The angles must be right and you have to use good tools. I think it's very unclear what Sanders is doing at each step. Maybe because he was thinking back at what his father would have said.
2. How does Sanders use chronological order in this essay? What objects, images, or ideas connect the different periods of time that he describes?
Sanders is jumpig between time in this essay. He is using his father, grandfather and him self to jump between time. First he tells us about one of them and then he jumps to one other.
3. What is a "dawn stone"? Why does Sanders describe it in this essay, and what does it represent to him?
A "dawn sone" is an unworked stone, that served as the earliest hammers. He sais that it's been a long time since they started to use the dawn stones but the desing or imaginations haven't changed that much.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Journal Entry #5
1. This essay was written in 1971. What types of duties does Syfers describe as being performed by wives? To what degree do you believe these are still done primarily by women? Have these or other things about the husband/wife relationship changed in the last 37 years?
Syfers duties like iroing, taking care of the children, keeping track of children's doctor and dentist appointments, keeping sure that the children eat properly and are kept clean, wash the children's clothes, keeping them mended, making sure that the children are having an adeuquate social life with their peers, taking them to the park and zoo etc.
Other duties are taking care of the mans physical needs, keeping the house clean, cooking the meals etc. Almost everything. I believe that it's like this in a lot of homes. But not in mine. I think that some of it has changed because I think that my grandmas have been doing a lot more of these things than my mother is doing.
2. How would you describe Syfers’ writing style? Does she do things you would typically avoid in your own writing?
She is repeating herself over and over again. It works when she does it but I would probably avoid it.
3. Syfers was reacting to a social structure that she felt at the time was unfair. What types of injustice or unfairness do you see in the world nowadays that you think should be addressed? Syfers implies that men benefit from the servile position of women in the family. Who benefits from the injustices you see active in the world today?
Espsecially that so many people are poor while so many people have more money than they will ever use. I think that the rich people benefit in the world today.
Syfers duties like iroing, taking care of the children, keeping track of children's doctor and dentist appointments, keeping sure that the children eat properly and are kept clean, wash the children's clothes, keeping them mended, making sure that the children are having an adeuquate social life with their peers, taking them to the park and zoo etc.
Other duties are taking care of the mans physical needs, keeping the house clean, cooking the meals etc. Almost everything. I believe that it's like this in a lot of homes. But not in mine. I think that some of it has changed because I think that my grandmas have been doing a lot more of these things than my mother is doing.
2. How would you describe Syfers’ writing style? Does she do things you would typically avoid in your own writing?
She is repeating herself over and over again. It works when she does it but I would probably avoid it.
3. Syfers was reacting to a social structure that she felt at the time was unfair. What types of injustice or unfairness do you see in the world nowadays that you think should be addressed? Syfers implies that men benefit from the servile position of women in the family. Who benefits from the injustices you see active in the world today?
Espsecially that so many people are poor while so many people have more money than they will ever use. I think that the rich people benefit in the world today.
In the news #4
I think that it's both good and bad that you can test if you have the gen and might be in the risk of getting breastcancer in the future. It's good because then you know that you have to be more carefull and have to test you more often than other people. It's bad because you don't want to walk around knowing that you have a risk of getting sick, because I think that that can effect the way you're living because you think about the disease more than the life you're living. I also think that if you should be able to test if you have the gen, it should be free for all people because since it is so expensive everybody can not afford it.
I also think that they should have an ageboundary that sais that you can't get tested before you are 18 years old. So then it will be the choise of the single person if she want's to get tested or not. Because I don't think that the perents should decide that.
I also think that they should have an ageboundary that sais that you can't get tested before you are 18 years old. So then it will be the choise of the single person if she want's to get tested or not. Because I don't think that the perents should decide that.
Questions for Active Reading p.108
1. In your own words, describe the "6 Myths of Creativity".
The first myth is that creativity comes from creative people, but in fact anyone with normal intelligence is capable of doing some degree of creative work. The second myth is that people get creative by getting money. The truth is that people working and thinking of money at the same time is doing very little creative thinking. The third myth is that time pressure fuels creativity. The truth is that people were least creative when fighting the clock. The fourth myth is that people are more creative when they're sad or angry. The truth is that the happiest people comes up with the best ideas. The fifth myth is that internal competition fosters innovation. The truth is that people are more creative when they compete in a work group instead of collaborate. The sixth myth is that downsizing and restructuring foster creativity. The truth is that creativity suffers greatly during a downsizing.
2. How did Teresa Amabile, the Harvard Business School professor who studies creativity in the workplace, design her reserch? What kinds of information was she looking for? What seems especially surprising or interesting about her approach to reserch?
She collected daily journals from a lot of people who worked on creative projects, but she didn't tell them that she was focusing on creativity. Then she coded the e-mails for creativity by looking for moments when people struggled with a problem or came up with a new idea. One thing that seems surpsrising is that the study overturned some long-held beliefs about innovation in the workplace.
3. Who is the audience for Bill Breen's article? How can you tell?
I would say that the audience is people who work and people who are having their own businesses. People how want's to be more creative in doing their jobs and people who are owing a business and want their workers to get better and be more creative.
The first myth is that creativity comes from creative people, but in fact anyone with normal intelligence is capable of doing some degree of creative work. The second myth is that people get creative by getting money. The truth is that people working and thinking of money at the same time is doing very little creative thinking. The third myth is that time pressure fuels creativity. The truth is that people were least creative when fighting the clock. The fourth myth is that people are more creative when they're sad or angry. The truth is that the happiest people comes up with the best ideas. The fifth myth is that internal competition fosters innovation. The truth is that people are more creative when they compete in a work group instead of collaborate. The sixth myth is that downsizing and restructuring foster creativity. The truth is that creativity suffers greatly during a downsizing.
2. How did Teresa Amabile, the Harvard Business School professor who studies creativity in the workplace, design her reserch? What kinds of information was she looking for? What seems especially surprising or interesting about her approach to reserch?
She collected daily journals from a lot of people who worked on creative projects, but she didn't tell them that she was focusing on creativity. Then she coded the e-mails for creativity by looking for moments when people struggled with a problem or came up with a new idea. One thing that seems surpsrising is that the study overturned some long-held beliefs about innovation in the workplace.
3. Who is the audience for Bill Breen's article? How can you tell?
I would say that the audience is people who work and people who are having their own businesses. People how want's to be more creative in doing their jobs and people who are owing a business and want their workers to get better and be more creative.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Journal Entry #4
1. What does Bartholomae mean when he says that students must "invent the university" when they write in college?
I think he means that students have to be able to change their way of writing depending on who de audience is and depending on what the topic is. I think he means that students have to try to put themselves in the audience position and try do understand how different people works. I also think that he means that students have to think more about what they are writing and try to write with more variety.
2. What does Bartholomae suggest is a way for students to become "insiders" within academic discourse?
Students need to learn to extend themselves into the commonplaces, set phrases, rituals, gestures, habits of mind, tricks of persuasion, obligatory conclusions, and necessary connections that determine the “what might be said” and constitute knowledge within the various branches of our academic community.
3. Summarize some of the differences between the two examples of student writing that Bartholomae examines, and Bartholomae's opinion of these examples.
I think he means that students have to be able to change their way of writing depending on who de audience is and depending on what the topic is. I think he means that students have to try to put themselves in the audience position and try do understand how different people works. I also think that he means that students have to think more about what they are writing and try to write with more variety.
2. What does Bartholomae suggest is a way for students to become "insiders" within academic discourse?
Students need to learn to extend themselves into the commonplaces, set phrases, rituals, gestures, habits of mind, tricks of persuasion, obligatory conclusions, and necessary connections that determine the “what might be said” and constitute knowledge within the various branches of our academic community.
3. Summarize some of the differences between the two examples of student writing that Bartholomae examines, and Bartholomae's opinion of these examples.
I think that their topics of what they did that they thought were creative was very different. I alss think that they first person is a lot more positive, and think that almost every time you come up with a new idea you're being creative. The vocabulary is very different, and a lot more qualificated in the second essay. Bartholomae's opinion is that he tinks that the first paper is not very elegant but it's tidy and smooth. About the other paper Bartholomae think that the style is difficult and highly qualified.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
I believe that it's not too late
Can we continue to live like nothing has happened when the climate of the earth gets warmer and warmer? What should and can we do as individuals to save our planet? How much do we have to sacrifice? And how much are we willing to give?
Those are questions that some of us hear daily and some of us just don’t care about. But I believe that we have to take those questions seriously. Both human and animals will get affected by the climate changes. The effects caused by heat-waves and the effects on the spreads of infections are problems that’s worrying. If the average temperature is rising it will be possible to grow more kinds of crops but we will also get changes in the flora and fauna that will affect the whole ecosystem. And without snow, ice and the unique assets of a country, many countries will lose a lot of their tourists.
The ice around the poles are melting faster and faster and I think that all of us knows that this will make the level of the oceans rise and places that are located in areas near the water will be more vulnerable when the sea levels rises. We will also start to see more landslides and hurricanes as an effect of the environmental changes.
Since I was little I’ve always have a special relationship with the nature and the environment. When I watched the news together with my parents and they were talking about the ozone layer getting thinner and that we in the future would be able to count the days of snow during the Swedish winter, I always started crying. I just want to cry when hear the news today as well. I love going out in the forest with my family to pick flowers, berries and mushrooms and I get very emotional affected when I know that in a few years, I might not be able to do those things - things that I grew up doing and things that are a big part of my life.
I believe that it’s impossible to keep on living like nothing has happened when the climate is changing. All of us have to take responsibility for what’s going on around us. To just keep on living the way we use to do is not going to work out when the conditions are changing. Reality will finally catch up with the people who are running. It’s time to stop squander and start sacrificing.
But I believe that it’s not too late. If we just stop blaming each other and try doing something ourselves we can still make a change.
We can start sorting our waste products, buy fewer clothes, take the bus instead of the car and turn of the lights when we walk out the room. We can take the train on our vacation instead of the aircraft, we can take the bike to the store, we can take the food out of the freezer one day before we’re supposed to eat it to let it defrost instead of just putting the food in the microwave and we can use better energy sources.
I believe that everybody can do something and if every single person does one thing that will be a lot in the whole race. I believe that nobody wants to take the blame of the death of the world but as it looks now, everybody is responsible.
I try to do my best in these questions. I try to take the bus and the bike instead of the car, I try to turn off the lights when I don’t need them and I try to sort my waste products. And I don’t find it that hard.
I believe that everybody wants to make a difference and I believe that today is the day to make it.
Those are questions that some of us hear daily and some of us just don’t care about. But I believe that we have to take those questions seriously. Both human and animals will get affected by the climate changes. The effects caused by heat-waves and the effects on the spreads of infections are problems that’s worrying. If the average temperature is rising it will be possible to grow more kinds of crops but we will also get changes in the flora and fauna that will affect the whole ecosystem. And without snow, ice and the unique assets of a country, many countries will lose a lot of their tourists.
The ice around the poles are melting faster and faster and I think that all of us knows that this will make the level of the oceans rise and places that are located in areas near the water will be more vulnerable when the sea levels rises. We will also start to see more landslides and hurricanes as an effect of the environmental changes.
Since I was little I’ve always have a special relationship with the nature and the environment. When I watched the news together with my parents and they were talking about the ozone layer getting thinner and that we in the future would be able to count the days of snow during the Swedish winter, I always started crying. I just want to cry when hear the news today as well. I love going out in the forest with my family to pick flowers, berries and mushrooms and I get very emotional affected when I know that in a few years, I might not be able to do those things - things that I grew up doing and things that are a big part of my life.
I believe that it’s impossible to keep on living like nothing has happened when the climate is changing. All of us have to take responsibility for what’s going on around us. To just keep on living the way we use to do is not going to work out when the conditions are changing. Reality will finally catch up with the people who are running. It’s time to stop squander and start sacrificing.
But I believe that it’s not too late. If we just stop blaming each other and try doing something ourselves we can still make a change.
We can start sorting our waste products, buy fewer clothes, take the bus instead of the car and turn of the lights when we walk out the room. We can take the train on our vacation instead of the aircraft, we can take the bike to the store, we can take the food out of the freezer one day before we’re supposed to eat it to let it defrost instead of just putting the food in the microwave and we can use better energy sources.
I believe that everybody can do something and if every single person does one thing that will be a lot in the whole race. I believe that nobody wants to take the blame of the death of the world but as it looks now, everybody is responsible.
I try to do my best in these questions. I try to take the bus and the bike instead of the car, I try to turn off the lights when I don’t need them and I try to sort my waste products. And I don’t find it that hard.
I believe that everybody wants to make a difference and I believe that today is the day to make it.
News #3 Cloning
I think that cloning is a very weard thing. I thinks it is scary and I think that it's unnatural. I don't think that it's okay to create new people by cloning like they did with the sheep Dolly. But I think that it might be good if you can use human embryos to do research and find out things about diseases. Because I don't see a embryo as a living human so I don't think that it's cruel. But I would never like to be the person who was made out of cloning so I would say that cloning is something that I'm against.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Draft
That’s why we have to change for the sake of the environment
Can we continue to live like nothing has happened when the climate of the earth gets warmer and warmer? What should and can we do as individuals to save our planet? How much do we have to sacrifice? And how much are we willing to give?
Those are questions that some of us hear daily and some of us just don’t care about. But we have to take those questions seriously. Both human and animals will get affected by the climate changes. The effects caused by heat-waves and the affects on the spreads of infections are problems that’s worrying. If the average temperature is rising it will be possible to grow more kinds of crops but we will also get changes in the flora and fauna that will affect the whole ecosystem. And without snow, ice and the unique assets of a country, a lot of countries will lose a lot of their tourists.
The ice around the poles are melting faster and faster and I think that all of us knows that this will make the level of the oceans rise and places that are located in areas near the water will be more vulnerable when the sea levels rises. We will also start to see more landslides and hurricanes as an effect of the environmental changes.
I believe that it’s impossible to keep on living like nothing has happened when the climate is changing. All of us have to take are responsibility for what’s going on around us. To just keep on living the way we use to do is not going to work out when the conditions are changing. Reality will finally catch up with the people who are running. It’s time to stop squander and start sacrificing.
But I believe that it’s not too late. If we just stop blaming each other and try doing something ourselves we can still make a change.
We can start sorting our waste products, buy fewer clothes, take the bus instead of the car and turn of the lights when we walk out the room. We can take the train on our vacation instead of the aircraft, we can take the bike to the store, we can take the food out of the freezer one day before we’re supposed to eat it to let it defrost instead of just putting the food in the microwave and we can use better energy sources.
I believe that everybody can do something and if every single person does one thing that will be a lot in the whole race. I believe that nobody wants to take the blame of the death of the world but as it looks now, everybody is responsible.
I try to do my best in these questions. I try to take the bus and the bike instead of the car, I try to turn of the lights when I don’t need them and I try to sorting my waste products. And I don’t find it that hard.
I believe that everybody wants to make a difference and I believe that today is the day to make it.
Can we continue to live like nothing has happened when the climate of the earth gets warmer and warmer? What should and can we do as individuals to save our planet? How much do we have to sacrifice? And how much are we willing to give?
Those are questions that some of us hear daily and some of us just don’t care about. But we have to take those questions seriously. Both human and animals will get affected by the climate changes. The effects caused by heat-waves and the affects on the spreads of infections are problems that’s worrying. If the average temperature is rising it will be possible to grow more kinds of crops but we will also get changes in the flora and fauna that will affect the whole ecosystem. And without snow, ice and the unique assets of a country, a lot of countries will lose a lot of their tourists.
The ice around the poles are melting faster and faster and I think that all of us knows that this will make the level of the oceans rise and places that are located in areas near the water will be more vulnerable when the sea levels rises. We will also start to see more landslides and hurricanes as an effect of the environmental changes.
I believe that it’s impossible to keep on living like nothing has happened when the climate is changing. All of us have to take are responsibility for what’s going on around us. To just keep on living the way we use to do is not going to work out when the conditions are changing. Reality will finally catch up with the people who are running. It’s time to stop squander and start sacrificing.
But I believe that it’s not too late. If we just stop blaming each other and try doing something ourselves we can still make a change.
We can start sorting our waste products, buy fewer clothes, take the bus instead of the car and turn of the lights when we walk out the room. We can take the train on our vacation instead of the aircraft, we can take the bike to the store, we can take the food out of the freezer one day before we’re supposed to eat it to let it defrost instead of just putting the food in the microwave and we can use better energy sources.
I believe that everybody can do something and if every single person does one thing that will be a lot in the whole race. I believe that nobody wants to take the blame of the death of the world but as it looks now, everybody is responsible.
I try to do my best in these questions. I try to take the bus and the bike instead of the car, I try to turn of the lights when I don’t need them and I try to sorting my waste products. And I don’t find it that hard.
I believe that everybody wants to make a difference and I believe that today is the day to make it.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
News #2 Bush's Border Fence Faces More Trouble
I haven't heard about this before, since I'm not american. And i have a hard time to imagine a fence along the countrys border. So I don't have really have an opinion. But I think it sounds very expensive. And I also don't get it. Is the fence supposed to stop terrorists? Because I don't think that a fence would stop them. Perhaps it would stop regular people from getting in to the United States but not terrorists, because I think they are planning their attacks so carefully that a fence wouldn't stop them from doing what they want. So I'm not sure if the Bush administration should get their money to complete the fence.
Questions for Active Reading p.73
1. What experience did Smiley have that changed her beliefs about chores? At what point in her essay does she describe this experience? What would the impact of that experience be on you, as a reader, if she had described it some place else in the essay?¨
The experience when Smiley started doing horsework changed her beliefs about chores. She describes that experience in the middle of the essay and I think that if she would have described the experience earlier in the essay I wouldn't have started to get all the questions against her thoughts, that I think she want us to get.
2. What kinds of reasons and evidence does Smiley offer to support her argument? Do you consider these reasons and edidence to be authoritative? What does her choise of reasons and evidence reveal about Smiley's intended audience?
Smiley uses reasons and evidence that she have experienced herself. She give examples from her own growth, her husbands growht and experience that she have recieved from other people. I think the reasons and evidence are authoritative. Regarding to her choises of reasons and evidence I think her intended audience are people who have children, because in the end of the essay she gives proposals for parents about what to do and what she thinks that a parent should claim of their child.
The experience when Smiley started doing horsework changed her beliefs about chores. She describes that experience in the middle of the essay and I think that if she would have described the experience earlier in the essay I wouldn't have started to get all the questions against her thoughts, that I think she want us to get.
2. What kinds of reasons and evidence does Smiley offer to support her argument? Do you consider these reasons and edidence to be authoritative? What does her choise of reasons and evidence reveal about Smiley's intended audience?
Smiley uses reasons and evidence that she have experienced herself. She give examples from her own growth, her husbands growht and experience that she have recieved from other people. I think the reasons and evidence are authoritative. Regarding to her choises of reasons and evidence I think her intended audience are people who have children, because in the end of the essay she gives proposals for parents about what to do and what she thinks that a parent should claim of their child.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Questions for Active Reading p.13 and p.19
P.13
1. What purpose do you think Powell had in mind while writing? How does he try to achieve his purpose(s)? List two specific examples from the reading to support your answer.
I think that Powell wanted to show that racism was a huge problem but that he could deal with it and that he didn't wanted to become a victim but just do the best of the situation. To achieve his purpose he lists all the situations that he went through and the ways that he handled them. For example when he drives to get a hamburger and the waitress says that she can't serve him but that he can go behind the resturant so she can give him a hamburger he answers "I'm not that hungry".
Powell is also writing that he wasn't alowed to play on the whole field but at least he would be a star on the part of the field that he could play on.
2. What audience do you think Powell had in mind while writing? Identify a specific audience, either one person or a group of persons, to whom you would recommend this reading.
I think that Powell were writing this to all different people. He wants to help people who have been a victim for racism by showing them what he did and he wants to show other people what the world really looks like. I think he wants to make people awear of the fact that racism does exist. I would recomend this reading to all kinds of people but especially younger people, who have a chance to change the world and the way we treat each other.
3. Describe the writer as specifically as you can. What is your attitude toward him, now that you have read this? Does this represent any change in your attitude toward Powell?
I didn't know who Powell was before I read this so I didn't have a attitude toward him. But I think that Powell seams like a strong man and a person who's not afraid of standing up for himself, his family and all other people who are in the same situation.
P.19
1. What purpose do you think that Goldberg had in mind while writing? Specify any one thing in the reading that helps you to identify her purpose?
I think that Goldberg wants to help people to feel good about writing and make them understand that you don't have to start big but work your way to the top. The lines "Writing is not a McDonald's hamburger. The cooking is slow, and in the beginning you are not sure whether a roast or a banquet or a lamb chop will be the result.", shows that you have to start somewhere and just try to find the right way.
2. What audience do you think she had in mind while writing? What other audiences might benefit from reading this? What audience might not benefit?
I think that Goldberg have different kinds of people in mind while writing. I think she wants to show people who have never liked to written, that it's not that hard because you just have to do it your own way and that you have to let yourself to be awkward. I also think that she wants to show people that always tries to be perfect, that it's okay to not be perfect all the time. I think that all kinds of people might benefit from reading this.
3. What is her subject? Be as specific as you can in describing it. What is her attitude toward her subject?
Her subject is about this person that person that was a really good student but everytime he was supposed to sit down and write he couldn't connect the words on the paper with the event or his feelings. Her subject is showing people who to start writing, and I think that she have a playfull attitude toward it. Do it your own way.
1. What purpose do you think Powell had in mind while writing? How does he try to achieve his purpose(s)? List two specific examples from the reading to support your answer.
I think that Powell wanted to show that racism was a huge problem but that he could deal with it and that he didn't wanted to become a victim but just do the best of the situation. To achieve his purpose he lists all the situations that he went through and the ways that he handled them. For example when he drives to get a hamburger and the waitress says that she can't serve him but that he can go behind the resturant so she can give him a hamburger he answers "I'm not that hungry".
Powell is also writing that he wasn't alowed to play on the whole field but at least he would be a star on the part of the field that he could play on.
2. What audience do you think Powell had in mind while writing? Identify a specific audience, either one person or a group of persons, to whom you would recommend this reading.
I think that Powell were writing this to all different people. He wants to help people who have been a victim for racism by showing them what he did and he wants to show other people what the world really looks like. I think he wants to make people awear of the fact that racism does exist. I would recomend this reading to all kinds of people but especially younger people, who have a chance to change the world and the way we treat each other.
3. Describe the writer as specifically as you can. What is your attitude toward him, now that you have read this? Does this represent any change in your attitude toward Powell?
I didn't know who Powell was before I read this so I didn't have a attitude toward him. But I think that Powell seams like a strong man and a person who's not afraid of standing up for himself, his family and all other people who are in the same situation.
P.19
1. What purpose do you think that Goldberg had in mind while writing? Specify any one thing in the reading that helps you to identify her purpose?
I think that Goldberg wants to help people to feel good about writing and make them understand that you don't have to start big but work your way to the top. The lines "Writing is not a McDonald's hamburger. The cooking is slow, and in the beginning you are not sure whether a roast or a banquet or a lamb chop will be the result.", shows that you have to start somewhere and just try to find the right way.
2. What audience do you think she had in mind while writing? What other audiences might benefit from reading this? What audience might not benefit?
I think that Goldberg have different kinds of people in mind while writing. I think she wants to show people who have never liked to written, that it's not that hard because you just have to do it your own way and that you have to let yourself to be awkward. I also think that she wants to show people that always tries to be perfect, that it's okay to not be perfect all the time. I think that all kinds of people might benefit from reading this.
3. What is her subject? Be as specific as you can in describing it. What is her attitude toward her subject?
Her subject is about this person that person that was a really good student but everytime he was supposed to sit down and write he couldn't connect the words on the paper with the event or his feelings. Her subject is showing people who to start writing, and I think that she have a playfull attitude toward it. Do it your own way.
Friday, September 5, 2008
Journal Entry #2
http://www.thisibelieve.org/dsp_ShowEssay.php?uid=43645&topessays=1
http://www.thisibelieve.org/dsp_ShowEssay.php?uid=7667&topessays=3
1. What makes the essays you chose compelling?
The first essay I chosed was about this woman who chosed between life and death. It was really compelling because she made a choise that a lot of other people didn't do, and she writes that she's happy she did it. So I think this essay is compelling because it gives hope.
The other essay I chosed is about a guy who went to a Greek diner during the Greek Orthodox Easter and said "Happy Easter" in Greek to the propreitor. The man became so very happy for just hearing that word. I chosed that essay because I'm Swedish but living in America and I know how much just a word can make. A person knowing just one Swedish place or one Swedish person or one Swedish word.
2. What kinds of stories do they use to showcase their belief?
The first person uses a story that starts of sad but shows that there is hope out there. Her story is about herself and the way she handled her life and thoughts.
The second story is just a happy one and is more about how other people reacted one the things that he did.
3. What is the tone of each essay and how is it achieved? (funny, serious, reflective, sarcastic, etc.)
Both essays are serious ones because they're about people and their thoughts. Borh essays is giving us ideas of what we can do to help ourselves or the people around us.
4. How are the essays similar? How do they differ?
The essays are similar because their about people, feelings and thoughts. But they differ a little because one of them is about death and the other one is not. They are similar because they're both about how you can make a difference.
5. Do they follow the writing guidelines provided by the This I Believe organization on their website at http://www.thisibelieve.org/essaywritingtips.html?
I think they do because they're both telling a story, beeing brief, name their beliefs and they're both beeing positive and personal.
6. What beliefs might you want to write about for project 1? (looking at the categorized list of beliefs at http://www.thisibelieve.org/dsp_Browse.php may help you)
I would like to write about family, hope or the environment.
http://www.thisibelieve.org/dsp_ShowEssay.php?uid=7667&topessays=3
1. What makes the essays you chose compelling?
The first essay I chosed was about this woman who chosed between life and death. It was really compelling because she made a choise that a lot of other people didn't do, and she writes that she's happy she did it. So I think this essay is compelling because it gives hope.
The other essay I chosed is about a guy who went to a Greek diner during the Greek Orthodox Easter and said "Happy Easter" in Greek to the propreitor. The man became so very happy for just hearing that word. I chosed that essay because I'm Swedish but living in America and I know how much just a word can make. A person knowing just one Swedish place or one Swedish person or one Swedish word.
2. What kinds of stories do they use to showcase their belief?
The first person uses a story that starts of sad but shows that there is hope out there. Her story is about herself and the way she handled her life and thoughts.
The second story is just a happy one and is more about how other people reacted one the things that he did.
3. What is the tone of each essay and how is it achieved? (funny, serious, reflective, sarcastic, etc.)
Both essays are serious ones because they're about people and their thoughts. Borh essays is giving us ideas of what we can do to help ourselves or the people around us.
4. How are the essays similar? How do they differ?
The essays are similar because their about people, feelings and thoughts. But they differ a little because one of them is about death and the other one is not. They are similar because they're both about how you can make a difference.
5. Do they follow the writing guidelines provided by the This I Believe organization on their website at http://www.thisibelieve.org/essaywritingtips.html?
I think they do because they're both telling a story, beeing brief, name their beliefs and they're both beeing positive and personal.
6. What beliefs might you want to write about for project 1? (looking at the categorized list of beliefs at http://www.thisibelieve.org/dsp_Browse.php may help you)
I would like to write about family, hope or the environment.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Journal #1
I got an assignment at school that said that I had to choose between three different topics and then write about my thoughts around that topic. I could choose between the Olympic Games, elite athletes and the environment. My choice was obvious. Without a second thought I chose the topic about the environment.
I have always had a thing for questions considering our nature and environmental issues and when I got this chance, I felt that I wanted to share with other people what I thought about people today and our behavior nowadays.
Since I got this task in school I didn’t have much of a choice but do it, but I really felt like I wanted to do this. I really wanted to write my thoughts down and also be able to remind myself sometimes of what difference a single person actually can do. And now when I have got my ponderings on a piece of paper it’s easy to just look it up sometimes and know that if I make a change today, it’s not too late.
I wrote my essay in a critical way, because I think that we have a lot to be critical about when it comes to the environment and how we treat the thing that is the most valuable we have. I wanted and still want all the people around me to start acting and try their hardest to make a difference. And I think that writing the essay in a critical way and really show all the people what we’ve done is making everybody perfectly aware of what’s really going on.
I wrote this essay to my teacher and my classmates. I wanted them to see the things that I saw. I wanted them to feel and know that there are things going on around us that in our future will be unstoppable but today still can be fixed. I wanted them to feel that they are a part of the all the bad things that is happening around us every second, every minute. And I wanted them to feel that they still can do things change this.
I had a lot of different purposes with writing this essay. I wanted to educate, inform and call people to action. And I also wanted to chock them. I wanted to make them think and I wanted to make them feel. I wanted them to stop being selfish.
I know this is a very important topic and a huge problem. And this problem matters to all the people living today and all the people living tomorrow. And this problem will affect us all. So I think that it’s never a bad time to talk about these things and try to solve them.
It’s always different when you have to think about who is going to listen or read the things you that you have on your mind. But at the same time I think that if you find something very important, you care about it a lot, you show other people that it really matters to you and you are being one hundred percent devoted to the topic I think that you can make everything interesting. But off course it’s harder if you have to take into consideration that everybody is different and doesn’t enjoy the same things that you do. Thinking about writing as responding to a rhetorical situation makes you more finite. But I think that you can hold on to your thoughts but still make it interesting if you’re just considering who the audience is.
I have always had a thing for questions considering our nature and environmental issues and when I got this chance, I felt that I wanted to share with other people what I thought about people today and our behavior nowadays.
Since I got this task in school I didn’t have much of a choice but do it, but I really felt like I wanted to do this. I really wanted to write my thoughts down and also be able to remind myself sometimes of what difference a single person actually can do. And now when I have got my ponderings on a piece of paper it’s easy to just look it up sometimes and know that if I make a change today, it’s not too late.
I wrote my essay in a critical way, because I think that we have a lot to be critical about when it comes to the environment and how we treat the thing that is the most valuable we have. I wanted and still want all the people around me to start acting and try their hardest to make a difference. And I think that writing the essay in a critical way and really show all the people what we’ve done is making everybody perfectly aware of what’s really going on.
I wrote this essay to my teacher and my classmates. I wanted them to see the things that I saw. I wanted them to feel and know that there are things going on around us that in our future will be unstoppable but today still can be fixed. I wanted them to feel that they are a part of the all the bad things that is happening around us every second, every minute. And I wanted them to feel that they still can do things change this.
I had a lot of different purposes with writing this essay. I wanted to educate, inform and call people to action. And I also wanted to chock them. I wanted to make them think and I wanted to make them feel. I wanted them to stop being selfish.
I know this is a very important topic and a huge problem. And this problem matters to all the people living today and all the people living tomorrow. And this problem will affect us all. So I think that it’s never a bad time to talk about these things and try to solve them.
It’s always different when you have to think about who is going to listen or read the things you that you have on your mind. But at the same time I think that if you find something very important, you care about it a lot, you show other people that it really matters to you and you are being one hundred percent devoted to the topic I think that you can make everything interesting. But off course it’s harder if you have to take into consideration that everybody is different and doesn’t enjoy the same things that you do. Thinking about writing as responding to a rhetorical situation makes you more finite. But I think that you can hold on to your thoughts but still make it interesting if you’re just considering who the audience is.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
news #1
I think that it's not okay to use beta-blockers if you're an athlet and you use it just to win. I think that everybody should be able to compete on the same conditions and that everything that isn't for everybody should not be allowed. If you get an advantage by using another swimsuit than the person you compete against I think that's a way of cheeting. I would never want to win if I know that I cheeted. I want all sports to be clean.
But I think it's different if we talking about saving others lifes and we don't use the beta-blockers or whatever you use, just to succed ourself. I you don't do it for you but for someone else I think it's different.
But I think it's different if we talking about saving others lifes and we don't use the beta-blockers or whatever you use, just to succed ourself. I you don't do it for you but for someone else I think it's different.
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