Google's Trojan Horse: Facebook

I finally found an article that I found rather interesting. This paper was basically about facebook and it's ups and downs, and how people have strange relationships and what not on it. I enjoyed it because I like facebook. A lot. Hahaha! I'm going to admit, I'm a facebook addict! But, that's not a bad thing. At least I don't obsess over it. I'm not to that stage, and I won't allow myself to get that far. Anyways, the rhetorical strategies that work on me are the ones that have to deal with pathos and stuff like that that I can relate to. I really don't care too much about ethos. I mean, I could care less who the person thinks or says they are. Sorry, to say, but it's true. I just don't really care. Logos works on me only part of the time. If the subject really grabs my attention or is something I'm actually and generally interested in, then, that's the time where logos is interesting. Plus, logos are those kinds of things I find myself saying in small talk to make myself sound smart....! HAHAHA! You know you all do it! I just admitted it, and it's just one of those things that ends up coming out in those boring, this-is-a-little-awkward-talking-to-this-person kind of situation. Anyways, I respond to this article more to others is the simple fact that I like to facebook.

Child Sexual Abuse

I really like my opinionated peice on child sexual abuse. It was the perfect paper to find for this essay because I haven't been wanting to write the paper at all. It has definitly been a tough journey. I think what attracted me to this article was the fact that it had to do with children. Being a pre school teacher and now a high school teacher aide, I have always had a passion for children. It seems to interest me the most because i would like to be a mother someday and so it pulls my attention when I see horrifying titles like, "child abuse" or "child sexual abuse" . Some rhetorical moves that worked on me was using words like "abuse" or "innocent". I believe no innocent child should ever have to go through abuse but it happens. However, what didn't work for me is the fact that this guy wrote all about not forgiving your blood related attacker. I don't believe that. I think you shouldn't have to make them, but just encourage it because you wouldn't want them to carry that grudge later on in life because it can leave to some pretty serious things. My heart goes for the children who have to suffer such great ordeals. I guess pathos is what struck me the most. When I think about children, I have so much emotion whether it is good, bad, happy, or sad. Well i should probably get back to writing my peice now seeing that is due by next monday. I hope you all enjoyed my blog. bye.

Swine Flu Success

Let me tell you something about myself: I very rarely form opinions on political issues. I dislike arguing with people who have no reasoning power. Amazingly enough, the first article I read was a topic that I have formed an opinion about; Swine Flu. I realize now that in order to attract and hold my attention writer's have to be set on their opinion, not wishy washy. Also, I'm incredibly sarcastic, so I enjoy reading other people's work is as well. I respond really well to pathos as well as logos, but it's kairos the majority of the time that catches my attention. I'm all about timing and punch lines, if you will. Ethos doesn't work as well on me as on some people; I don't care about where you got your information. I also don't care where you got your degree; If I don't agree with you, that's not going to change just because you went to Harvard.

Opinions Win/Win situation

Lucky for me I didn't have a real difficult time finding a topic that I was interested in. Finding an opinion on the topic was much harder. I search through google which I know wasn't the best place to go but it eventually put me on a track where I found a good article to match my topic. I chose to write my strong response on police corruption. I knew that this subject would leave me with plenty of excitment to write about. I really enjoy looking at essays rhetorically and being able to pick them apart and break it down so that I can better understand the angle of vision the author is using. I guess i'm the type of audience that action or suspenseful writers attract. Police investigations was like hitting the target right in the bulls eye for me. I don't like it when everything is shown up front and the writer leaves no room for the reader to try and figure out the problems or create a solution on your own.

Transcendance

WOW, finding an article to write about was even harder for me than actually writing my rough draft. I spent hours flicking through online artical after article looking for something that I liked, knew something about, and was not too boring, as I am a very boring person :) I felt like I wanted to write something uplifting, and I enjoy dispelling popular belief. Finally I found an article about appreciation for Iranian culture, and it's commonalities with the American culture. Boy I learned alot. Being in the army for five years, I know alot of fellow vets that hate the people in the Middle East. I'd like to do a good job on my strong opinion for the appreciation of the Iranian people so that I can share it with others. I don't want US to go to war with Iran as was John McCain dieing wish. I'm glad he is not president. I think it is important to find a purpose for writing a strong opinion essay that transcends just getting the assignment behind me.

Here is a Piece of my Opinion

As I searched night after night for an article, I found myself going back to www.slate.com, suggested by Dr. Westover. I read article, after article, and didn't find any thing that was hitting that "hot spot", until, I noticed an article that read, "Kate Gosselin doesn't deserve our pity." I thought really, are you kidding me? No matter where I go this ugly divorce just keeps popping up in the store isles, on the TV, in the newspaper, etc. When is it ever enough? Can't the media just leave these two messed up people alone? Then I realized as I read the article, Jon and Kate are fueling the fire. They are the ones keeping their ugly divorce details blazing across every news show and tabloid there is. Jon and Kate are so focused on themselves that they can't even see what they are doing to all 8 of their little children. Maybe, the children should get a court to appoint a guardian to look after their interest. Jon and Kate neither one of them should deserve our pity. Their children deserve our pity. Yes, I must say that this is hitting my "hot spot!"

Opinion Article

As I was looking around for an article to use for my opinion piece, I had a hard time finding something that interested me and caught my attention. All I could find were political, religious, and other articles that simply bore me. I wanted something that I could relate to, something that caught my eye, or something that I strongly agreed or didn’t agree on. After searching through many sites, magazines, and newspapers, I finally found an article that I liked and that I wanted to write about. The article that I chose is about the zero tolerance rule. This rule makes it so that when students bring violent items to school or commit violent acts at school get into a lot of trouble, usually expulsion or suspensions. The article explains how sometimes the rule can go too far and in some cases be used for the wrong reason. The article also tells about a young boy getting suspended because he brought a camping utensil to school in which he wanted to eat his lunch. He didn’t intend on using it in a violent way – he was only in first grade. Because of this, however, he was suspended for 45 days and was to attend a reform school in his district. This article caught my attention because I am interested in education and I love helping and being around children. It had strong arguments and opinions that I agreed with. The article used a lot of logos and ethos to catch the reader’s attention and made it worth reading.