rap1 review.

As of right now, I feel confident in my argument and in my writing. The feeling is somewhat disconcerting, though.  It’s as if I have been forced to choose a disposition on a topic I naturally don’t concern myself with on a day-to-day basis. It’s hard enough to pay attention to my own eating habits – let alone the habits of an entire generation (or three). But, I continued to write not unknowingly. I chose my topic and my thesis because each seems relevant to my life.  My only concern is that I will not be able to fully defend my argument – that the millennial generation is no healthier than the previous two generations - in the absence of any real passionate sentiment towards the subject. Truth be told, I feel that I could have argued both sides evenly.

So with that in mind, making a definitive, strong argument for either side feels cheap. With limited research and development time, I know that my argument will be just as – or even more - prone to disagreement. 

Personally, I am also unsatisfied with the inventiveness of my thesis. I (unrealistically) wish it were original enough to reveal a completely new, thought-provoking view of society. But I know that it is not. And really, I’m sure this viewpoint/argument/thesis has already been expressed - perhaps just not in such a discrediting way so as to be an affront to the norms of the millennial generation. That aside, my thesis does tie together fresh concepts that encourage and provoke society to examine itself in a new light. At least that’s the hope. At best, I may even be escalating one interrelated, original notion of technology, psychology and biology that has not been fully established or proven yet. (Though, I don’t hope to prove my thesis – rather bring it to the attention of others so that it can be researched more thoroughly.) However, this act of seemingly grasping for premature information leads me to my last research concern: Although a lot of my research is recently dated and timely, I worry that my takeaways mirror sweeping, misguided generalizations about a generation that spans two decades. (This is extremely bothersome, especially because I believe generalizations initially helped prime to the misconceptions concerning the health of millennials.) Of course, this leads to insecurity in my argument - I don’t want to blindly attempt to connect themes that haven’t been developed as cohesive reflection of society yet. Especially if this means my argument’s logos will be weak and susceptible to fault.

Like I wrote in my blog post after my proposal, though, my goal is to form a compelling and persuasive argument. And I apologize - I’m not simply telling you this again – I’m reminding myself. Of course the expectation here is not to have a flawless, completely researched document as the final product (one use); it’s to frame an idea persuasively (many uses).

Keeping this in mind will help hone my skills as a persuasive writer; it will turn my concern of having no ‘pathos’ into an opportunity to include more personal, emotional appeals to my argument. And perhaps, during my research, I will even develop personal pathos towards it.

Writing reflection paper proposal

My younger cousin always says a phrase I hate. She’s thirteen and runs around with face paint on. “To be honest,” she starts she says in a high pitch with her nose wrinkled, and finishes with a blunt, condescending opinion. Apparently, for kids the phrase has its own hashtag (#tbh). Head shake.

So, this is the opposite of that. Not in that way, I am going to be honest. If I had had more time, the only change I would have made is to have made even more time for the paper. There’s an unfortunate dilemma for a lot of people. The more time people have, the more they tend to waste.  Think about the concept of a bucket list. A bucket list is supposed to be a list that’s encompasses goals for our whole lives. But instead we look at it and expect this wish list to be accomplished in the last three years on earth (ten maybe, if death isn’t premature).  We have all this time to waste now so we put off the things we wish to do most. It’s a Catch-22.

Think about the last time you were talking to a friend. He asked you what you were doing. Have you answered with “Nothing” or “I’m just finishing some work,” recently? Maybe even this past Sunday...  And if you have kids, you may feel like you haven’t done nothing in a really long time. So, what do you do the first time you’re truly free? Nothing, usually.

We constantly choose nothing when we have time. Nothing that’s on our lists, anyway.

What’s next on your bucket list? When will you do it? And I guarantee that no matter how far away that future plan is from the present moment, you cannot do it at this moment because you’re busy with daily living.  Working, drinking. Everyday activities that are not on your bucket list at all. And then you say, I’m doing all of this so that when I’m older I can finally do what I’ve always wanted to.

 It will be perfectly rational, so I’ll nod and say, that makes sense.

This isn’t everyone, so maybe it’s not you, but it’s a lot of people. And it’s me.  If I had been given more time, I would have written something very similar because as is human nature, I would have let my time whittle down to just what I thought I needed.

However, that’s not a bad thing. After this reflection, it seems like this is just what I needed to get my head in the game for the future. Because, just because I don’t think I could have changed the past, doesn’t mean I can’t change by making more time in the future.  

And that’s an argument you can’t argue against. 

Ethos- Is insight into a character, or specific thing.

Pathos- Is related to feelings.

Logos- Is a way of thinking, logic.

***** VHS*****

This incredible, mysterious, all knowing machine is like no other ever to exist. Some speculate that it fell out of a big blue wooden box in the sky; others say it was god’s toy when he was a baby. Once powered on it transforms any house to replicate the White House. But this pure gold masterpiece can’t just plug into any wall or power source. To charge it, one must purchase a war tank in the future and bring it back to current time (whatever current time actually is! http://giphy.com/gifs/Es3FISPjOZzAA) and drag it across the surface of the moon 3 ¼ times. But any more or any less will cause all of the blue ray/ dvd players, iPods, and flat screen TVs to turn into teacup Chiwawas. But not with little yappy voices, instead big mean loud scary voices. The last person to own this machine never let go of it for the 89.75 years of his life. He even produced a family their kids are Home Alone, Lion King, The Goonies, The Never Ending Story, and little ole Ferngully. One cannot just decide to buy VHS, it picks you. If you’re married it will cause a divorce. You will not leave its side and it will not leave your side. It even acts like a wife. While you’re newly joined it is all perfect it cooks cleans and is nice. But after time it nags and don’t clean or cook. But by that time you will be too old to ditch it. So hold on tight if it chooses you read the handbook and always follow the direction. Be careful with the kids. It’s never fun having to untangle their long black hair once it gets everywhere. And every night rewind them before bedtime, or else the morning will be a slow and painful day.

Review of Annotated Bibliography

Annotated bibliography's are summaries and evaluations, each source is to be summarized and or evaluated. It is important to do this because it gives a good understanding of the article and its sources. For people, or teachers it helps them understand topics and students information much faster than going to each website from every citation and reading all the information. so overall it saves lots of time. Other than a teacher i don't think they would be very relevant. But are very beneficial for students as well. One must know the article very well in order to complete a good summary and evaluation.

ted talks review

One of the ted talks that stood out to me was Tristram Stuart: The global food waste scandle. It involves just about every restaurant, grocery stores, and farms. And USA is among the highest in waist. We have twice as much food on our shelves and in restaurants to feed the American population. Most rich countries have 3 to 4 times the amount of food to feed them. There is a huge barrier between rich countries and the country’s that struggle to feed their population. 40 percent of the food goes to trash and animals. 13 thousand slices of bread crusts are trashed every day in factories. And farmers throw away 3rd of their crops because of cosmetic standards. Mounds and mounds of crops that are perfectly fine but are not the right size or color.  40 to 60 percent of fish in Europe are tossed into the sea before landing. Some food waist can’t be prevented. If we start feeding pigs, and other anaerobic digesters the amount of CO2 that could be saved is 11,600 kg CO2e. Feeding the 5000 is an event that takes place in London. It is feeding 5000 people all on food that would be thrown away as waist. And is happening international event that celebrates food and our land.