Post your 4th Analysis Letter below. It will need to be posted on Thursday by midnight for you to receive credit for your work. Remember, this part is worth 20% of your grade, so make sure that you check and recheck your work before submitting.
But before we get to the nitty-gritty of this, here's some of the best advice I've received from the author Neil Gaiman about revising your draft:
The second draft is where the fun is. In a first draft, you get to explode. The objective (at least for me) is to get it down on paper, somehow. Battle through the laziness and the not-enough-time and the this-is-rubbish and everything else, and just get it written. Whatever it takes.
The second draft is where you go and gather together the fragments of the explosion and figure out what it is you did, and make it look like that was what you always meant to do. So you write it. Then you put it aside. Not for months, but perhaps for a week or so. Even a few days. Do other things. Then set aside some uninterrupted time to read, and pull it out, and pretend you have never read it before — clear it out of your head, and sit and read it. (I’d suggest you do this on a print-out, so you can scribble on it as you go. ) When you get to the end you should have a much better idea of what it was about than you did when you started. (I knew The Graveyard Book would be about a boy who lived in a graveyard when I started it. I didn’t know that it would be about how we make our families, though: that’s a theme that made itself apparent while the book was being written.)
And then, on the second and subsequent drafts, you do four things.
1. You fix the things that didn’t work as best you can (if you don’t like the climactic Rock City scene in American Gods, trust me, the first draft was so much worse).
2. You reinforce the themes, whether they were there from the beginning or whether they grew like Topsy on the way. You take out the stuff that undercuts those themes.
3. You worry about the title.
4. At some point in the revision process you will probably need to remind yourself that you could keep polishing it infinitely, that perfection is not an attribute of humankind, and really, shouldn’t you get on with the next thing now?...
Thank you for being in my class and for indulging in some of the more outrageous aspects of my Socratic method teaching. I appreciate those of you who went 24 hours without technology or mediated for 30 minutes. I appreciate those of you who stuck it out and decided, at the end of the day, to sign up for the next iteration of this class next week (* just remember not to sell back your "Little Brown Handbook" because we will need it next semester).
Your grades should be going up by next week, so please make sure you check them and e-mail me if you have any discrepancies. I will still have the same office hours, so if you would like to come by and pick up your last paper, please let me know ahead of time so I can have your work prepared.
I hope you all have a great summer and I wish you all well in your future writing endeavors.
Yours Truly,
Gary Ancheta
June 24, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
The Finals final post! (until next semester)
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June 24, 2009
Dear Mr. Travis Gordon,
Social media is such a fascinating and constantly evolving technology currently. There are so many things in life that are now revolving around social networking sites such as Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter. When you think back only nine or so years ago, social networking simply meant calling your friends up and finding a place to meet. People who you went to school with were simply that, and you expected to never see or hear from them again. Since that time, so many things have changed. In my experience, Facebook has changed the way we talk to people, find out about how people are doing, and arranging things to do. People who I went to High School with are only a click away, and I can tell everyone who matters to me in my life how I am doing. As long as your intent is a positive one, social networking will continue to be an amazing tool.
In the 21st century, we have seen amazing technological advances. From gadgets to medical technology, our world has made leaps and bounds towards evolution. I think the integration of biometrics and telecommunications will introduce all sorts of new innovations to better society. Imagine this: having a chip implanted in your body that sends you vitals wirelessly to your health care server, so that your Doctor knows when you’re feeling sick, almost like a walking full body scan. Just the idea of that can help medical professionals diagnose and treat major disease, maybe even find the cure to cancer. I feel that if Doctors have more time to evaluate and diagnose patients, with the attachment of a biomedical device; will give them more time to find out what is going on and to find out a solution.
The internet is a fascinating thing. We can do everything nowadays from ordering pizza, to buying music (legally or illegally), to finding a date! Since it’s creation in the 1970s, the internet has taken over and we know it is here to stay. When you think about it, what is the breaking point when the Government has to step in? I mean, we all know there is pornography out there. We are all adults, so it is acceptable to recognize and admit it. The breaking point is when the accessibility begins to infect our children, and when that type of media begins to hurt others. When internet predators begin to have more access to illegal acts, I believe the Government should step in and place some restrictions on people like that. Maybe they can do something about that spam mail!
Sincerely,
Joel Morton
Dear Mr. Powers,
This letter is in response to your questions written during our final assignment today. I will do my best to answer your questions but I do not claim to be an authority on such matters.
I would have to say that I find motion pictures to be my favorite form of technological entertainment. Comedy first followed closely by drama and action.
I read your fist paper and found it interesting having a little experience playing an instrument myself. Music makes the world go round!
Just a guess, but I think the next tech. paradigm will be something dealing with computer chips being implanted in humans. Hopefully I am wrong.
Good luck going forward!
Regards,
John Sawyer
Greetings Rebecca,
This Tampa sea breeze is most enjoyable, I hope you are doing as well as I. But down to business, you asked me three questions in your last letter and I will do my best to answer. In order from easiest to hardest, here we go!
The purpose of MLA formatting, as far as I understand it, is to have a single uniform format that most everyone uses. This way all the research papers, journal articles, and so on will look the same. Of course, my high school teacher had a theory that it was to make jobs for English majors, but we won’t get into that. If everyone writes in the same style, it’s easier to read many of them and to be able, for instance, to tell how the citations work. Otherwise you’d have to figure out how each paper did theirs.
You asked if I enjoyed collage writing. Well, I haven’t had that much experience with it, but so far it’s been a mixed bag. I enjoy some of the assignments, but naturally, some of them are tedious. I expect it shall remain that way in the future. Of course you always do better on papers you enjoy, but you still have to do the ones you dislike. My father once said “Life is filled with metaphorical papers you don’t want to write. Still have to write them.” It holds true for literal ones as well!
Now we get to the meat of the matter. You inquired whether the ‘vast improvement’ you saw in yourself was real or imagined. I must say yes, you have improved. In the first paper you sent me there were many ungainly sentences and grammar issues. This improved quite a bit in the second and dramatically by the third paper. There are still awkward sentences and mistakes but much fewer. I’m proud of you, good job!
Well, I must be going. Things to do, people to see. My dog needs to go to the vet for instance. But it was good writing to you.
Yours truly,
Alex Powers
June 24, 2009
Dear Kim,
I hope you reach every dream you endeavor. We both have travel a similar road in the past and in 10 years from now we both will be an accomplishing R.N. No matter how technology changes rather it is cell phones, computers, automatic machinery, robotics, etc there will be still a need for nurses. As you can tell I have read one of your essays it was really touching.
We have many dreams as children. I once wanted to be a teacher and now some odd years later I am in a writing class heading for something else. However, writing is a wonderful talent and some day maybe I can teach my younger daughter how to write instead of texting.
We all are watching the future materialize in technology which has expanded into paperless and automatic process. So, I feel we should enjoy being apart of it all.
Sincerely,
Annie Pittman
Dear Banesa Regaldo,
The question of what makes teaching writing so influential in student lives has a simple answer. Writing is one of the most fundemental tools that many people use in everyday life. Writing is a non verbal form of communication, and greatly effects the way people perceive your academic abilities. For instance, without writing some students could have difficulties getting good jobs. Writing could possibly enhance the success of many students.
In my opinion, the greatest strength of all three of your essays was the way the papers flow. The sentences all seemed flow smoothly and coherent because of the abundant transition words. In addition, to all the transition words there was excellent organization. Topic sentences seemed to explain the content of each paragraph. The MLA format was followed, so I am fairly sure that the grades were above average.
In response to your question I assume that writing will never be forgotten as technology changes. Because writing is such an important part of history writing should not be forgotten. People need to know where they came from in order to know where they are going. However, I think that techonology is going to advance the actual way people write. Speaking into a computer instead of typing is one way technology is beginning to change writing.
Regards,
Tyler Rountree
June 24, 2009
Dear Alexandra,
After reading your first essay, I found myself admiring you immensely. It takes a great amount of courage to not just move to a new town but to a new country half way around the world. Leaving everything that is familiar to you behind. Your essay was inspiring and I wanted to read more about your new life experiences. Your story flowed beautifully and I could tell that you had written from your heart. The memoir essay for me was probably the easiest of the three to write because it was all about personal life experiences.
I would have to say that the compare/contrast essay was the most difficult essay for me to write. I had all the information that I needed but I couldn't seem to put it in the right place. So needless to say, in my opinion, I think my essay did not flow very smoothly. It took me days to write it and I must have revised it about 10 times. I finally put together my three main paragraphs and then went back and did my opening and closing paragraphs. And then rewrote them again.
As for writing letters, I would have to say that I enjoy writing them but that they are not my most favorite thing to do. I get more pleasure from phone conversations or face-to-face meetings. It takes me a long time to write down what it is I am trying to express and it just seems much quicker for me to use verbal communication instead of written. It is more effective to me.
I truly enjoyed reading your essay's, you have a gift for writing and I honestly hope that you will continue to write more in the future.
Sincerely,
Jillian O'Reilly
Dear Mrs. Julie Teetzel,
Essays and writing in general are a great way to learn. Besides, this was English Composition after all, now wasn't it? Writing essays force you to explore a topic and to learn more about it. Honestly, I've retained all the information from every serious paper I've written. When you have to apply the knowledge, it just seems to stick in your mind better. In reality this class should have helped you grow as a student. Not only did you learn to research and teach yourself, you learned how to make sense of information and apply it. As your writing improves, so will your oral communications skills; think of this class as an intro to the rest of your college career.
Just like learning an instrument, your writing will improve with practice. In that sense, ENC-1102 should be easier, but I would imagine the topics assigned will be more complex and try to push you even further. As long as you continue to practice and keep what you've been taught in mind, I think that you'll find that ENC-1102 is not any harder. I do recommend that you go back and study up on your MLA as that will not be going away. The MLA guidelines are there to help organize sources and give credit where credit is due. In ENC-1102 they will expect you to know and follow MLA; make sure you do. If you have trouble you can always consult your Little Brown Handbook.
I would imagine that the overall theme of communication technology was chosen because of its relevance in today's society. As our electronics evolve, communication technology is consistently changing; it doesn't hurt to try and understand it in its present and historic forms. Once we've done that it will be much easier to understand the implications that future technologies will bring. After your paper robots and their presence in pharmacies, I would assume you better understand the threat the future holds. It's kind of weird to wonder whether or not we will stay a capitalist society. If robots take over the major jobs, how can we not become at least a little more socialist in nature?
Continue on practicing your writing and you will only grow into a stronger writer.
Sincerely,
Dion Larson
Dear Cynthia,
It was so nice to finally receive a letter from you. I was so used to getting a ton of text messages, it was a nice surprise. I was so glad to read that you were finally finishing your first summer English class. I hope you did well as I assume you did.
I know that you were wondering if I knew a good way to remember all the grammar rules. One thing that I always do is proof read my papers before I hand them in. I usually end up finding silly mistakes this way. I also read my essays out loud to myself to make sure they sound correct.
I know that you mentioned you were shopping around for a new computer.
You asked me which computer had the best memory for saving music and videos. You can use your old computer and just buy a 500GB external hard drive and a 5.1 sound system. If you still want a new computer then try the iMac store in the mall.
If you are still wondering how to extend the life of your laptop, try the following. Keep it cool, don't set it in front of something that blocks the air flow to the air vents. When I set my laptop on a table I am very careful not to let it slam down. It's little things like this that will help keep your computer in great working condition. Have fun shopping!
I would love to write more but I have to finish my last final for my English class. I hope you have time to write me back over the summer. I look forward to hearing from you. Have a great summer!
Yours truly,
Julie Teetzel
Dear Perceptive Writer,
Ms. Annie Pittman, you are indeed correct in your inquires about my own writings. In reading all three of your vastly different “styles”, it has come to my attention that you do not need my help at all. I think in your heart of hearts you know the answer to your own questions. While this being said, I will try to answer them as candidly as I can for you.
My own writings are a release for me. It is my way of showing the world my feelings in an indirect manner. When I was little, I remember sitting by the television, wanting to turn it off just so that I could concentrate on my story for the day. In a weird but comforting way it was my safety blanket. Something that I was good at, therefore it soothed me in a time of ruin. Always remember that there is a method to my madness, no matter how far out it may seem!
Concerning your second question… I cannot speak for the rest of my scholars, however I can speak in regards to your papers. You seem to have a firm understanding of what is needed to obtain a quality essay. You chase what I tell you to, and you follow when I need you to. This is what makes an excellent writer! Your ability to hunt down your sources in order to make a good story.
As I touched upon earlier, writing to me is a portal. Now that I am older, writing reminds me of a simpler time. It is a time when I had not a care in the world. I hope in writing these essays you were able to get in tune with something you were hiding inside yourself. I enjoyed reading your work, so in that I want to thank you!
My Best Wishes,
Rebecca Follmar
Dear Sally,
I am writing this letter in response to the questions you asked me. I hope, I can answer them as thoroughly as possible.
During the very first grade in school, I was interestered in writing. It was both exciting and challenging. Now I enjoy expressing myself in my writing. I like the fact that, while writing, I can reflect on what I have written. I can think of how I can make improvements that will make reading my work more interesting and enjoyable. Writing gives the author a chance to improve the language, tone of narration and play with the topic and points of view. Of course, writing can be difficult, especially, when you need to write on a certain topic. I accept those times as a challenge and make every attempt to learn from them. After graduating from high school, I realized that I wanted to not only improve my knowledge of writing but also pursue my passion for working with people. This convinced me to continue my studies in this field and become a university professor.
I like to write about many things, but most of all I like to write about my personal experiences. I enjoy sharing my knowledge with others, hoping others benefit from it one day in their future endeavors.
I believe that the best technology available to us is the Internet. It allows us to do many things that were not possible in the past as well as providing us with an abundance of information and tools for instant communication. Of course, in some ways, it can be harmful to our conventional writing abilities which, I believe, could benefit from more practice.
Sincerely,
Alexandra Starzhevskiy
Dear Ms. Jillian O'Reilly,
After reading your various compositions I concluded you are an experienced writer. In regards to your first inquiry, you are also a commendable writer.
As I looked in retrospective of your corrections and improvements and all you did to finalize your papers I think you will do exceptionally well in ENC 1102. I strongly encourage you to continue to write, to improve your quality of content in your future essays. It wasn't that your writings needed an immense amount of improvement, however practice makes perfect.
There isn't much I can suggest to improve your writing skills, but I will advise you to always proof read your work for grammatical errors. There were a few simple flaws but they could easily be corrected. Proof reading your compositions can also instill a strong sense of confidence, so that you will be comfortable with your writings.
Also, I suggest you practice more on MLA formatting and works cited. This will tune up your skills for citing information in your papers and make you a more credible writer in ENC 1102 and the future.
Overall your essays were, once again commendable. They kept me interested because they were so detailed with descriptions and emotions. The topics that you chose were unique and your memoir was remarkable. Your memoir seemed to be something heartfelt and memorable. Your definition paper related to the age of digital cameras was well supported and your compare and contrast writing associated with distance learning was interesting, it presented different views of learning in the 21st century. I enjoyed reviewing your essays and I hope you continue to develop your writing.
Sincerely ,
Ms. Brittany Fields
To my classmate Rachelle,
Though I am no expert on the subject, I feel this class has allowed me to better understand what makes a good writer. A good writer writes what they know. In having read your three papers, I believe you did just that. You researched your topics and wrote what you came to learn. A good writer must write what they know because, what else are they to write about? A writer cannot write what they do not know. How could someone write about falling in love if they have never fallen in love? How could you have written about getting a DUI without having experienced it yourself? Life experiences make a better writer in that it gives them more to write about. However, a person will become a better writer only if they grow and learn from their experiences.
The technology that will have the greatest impact on the world is the cell phone. The cell phone has taken from us the luxury to be alone. Before cell phones we were able, if we wanted to, to disappear for a few days. It is still possible but much harder to achieve. Cell phones have evolved from a simple device used to make phone calls to something used to communicate with someone across the world in a matter of seconds. Once the internet was able to be reached from a cell phone, we reached a whole new level. That last minute email can now be sent while waiting for the light to change on your way home from work. However, this is both a blessing and a curse. As mentioned before, we are no longer truly alone. On the other hand the upside of this is that should we ever be in trouble, help is a cell phone call away.
The fact of the matter is that communication technology is all around us, and has been since the beginning of time. As discussed on the first day of class, first we had the drawings on a cavern wall; and now we are text messaging friends in another country. Some of the technology has proved timeless, such as writing. While others, like the newspaper, are slowly fading away. We cannot escape it. Communication technology will always be there. What will change is how we use or abuse it.
I hope you will do well in all your classes and succeed in your major.
Cordially,
Jessica Franco
Dear Tyler,
In response to your letter on technology, I do believe that it will substantially change the future. As far as the present is concerned, we are a society that functions mainly on technology. In the last ten years people have become so dependent on technology and probably would not know how to function without it. Technology is forever transforming so that it can better suit our needs. Almost everybody uses some form of technology on an everyday basis. As the demands of the world become more complex, so will the technology being utilized. There have been many theories that are not far fetched about how technology will put millions out of work in the years to come. Some stores have self-checkouts, phone companies are using automated systems rather than live operators, and airplanes have autopilots that can direct themselves. These are just the stepping-stones to greater ideas expected to come in the future. Technology may just be mainstream today but I am almost certain that it will be a way of life in the future.
I received the question that you asked me regarding non-verbal communication. People do have other means of communication that do not require one to write; however I would assume that writing is more adequate. There is so much power in words but once they are spoken they are forgotten. In fact if it weren’t for people writing we would have nothing to remember the past by but stories. Writing changes all of this and allows us to record what is in our minds. Writing is an art form and it tells a story just as a painting would. Before there were pencils and paper, people used inks or dyes to draw hieroglyphs to tell their stories. The truth is that if it wasn’t for people recording what they did there would be no way of us knowing our history. If for some reason we decide that we want to stop writing than how will our descendants know what we do in our lives now.
The papers that you wrote for your assignments only have meaning if you put your heart in to it. Nobody chooses what is meaningful for you because that decision is yours to make. Whenever you enrolled in school you decided that it was important to you, so why should the work mean any less. In my opinion if you put time in to anything than it must have some importance. When you wrote your paper on your memoir you spoke of your first car, which would hold meaning to most people. It was a personal subject, and I am sure that you chose it because meant something to you. If you feel in any way that the assignments given in the class were pointless than why did you bother to come twice a week for three hours?
Sincerely,
Rachelle LaChance
Dear Jessica,
Inner city children need more guidance than any other children because of the atmosphere they grow up in. It is weird how people come into your life, and change how you feel and how you look at life itself. I glad that Carmen came into your life and caused you to make decisions based on your heart. I am glad she made you know that it is not always about the money, but making a change in someone life.
One your essay about space debris, it was very informative. I enjoyed learning about space debris and had a lot of thoughts on my own. If I ever see how they resolved this issue I will always think your paper.
Now, your third paper was a little shocking as to how one man had so much control. So much as controlling what radio stations somebody listens to is crazy this essay made me glad to be living in America.
I think your writing is good you just have some grammar errors, but you can keep an audience interested. My favorite paper of yours was, “Who’s taking out the celestial garbage?”because, I like science and space.
Sincerely,
Andrea
Dear Dion,
Voice-to-text communication is at its elementary stage currently. I don’t think the key would be an advance evolution in the human psyche, but rather an intense training in voice-to-text communication. Right now, people use too many “filler” words to fill empty space in their speech. If you listen carefully, most common people will use words like “um”, “uh”, or “like” for their pauses. Those words do not transfer smoothly into text. However, most public speakers are trained to eliminate such words from their vocabulary. If the average person to use this technology can be taught to watch their speech and to think about what they’re actually saying, I think that the communication can be quite common in the future.
I think the fear of advanced robots is a bit amusing to me, but I do think there is a bit of reason to worry. I don’t think it’s a matter of what society we’re in, whether it be capitalists, socialists, or communist, but how robots will just effect the economy. Eventually it may be that robots will take over most blue-collared jobs. A few will still be left, but most of the jobs available will be higher education white-collared service jobs. Doctors, lawyers, businessmen, etc. My only fear about that is how the minimum wage workers will fare. Students, part-timers, basically anyone who works in retail, I fear that their jobs will be replaced. If so, that’s a lot of jobs lost and I’m not sure if our economy can handle that.
Honestly, I’m not sure what the music/movie industry should do about piracy. The industry doesn’t even seem to know what to do about the whole piracy issue. If people want to pirate, they will pirate. But if what you say is true, people who pirate are more likely to buy the material than those that don’t. I suppose they use the pirating system to “preview” the music they want to buy. Afterall, I think most people want something tangible in their hands rather than just have the digital information online. There’s something more rewarding to having the actually CD in hand rather than just having some of the music stored on the computer. But I don’t really know what the entertainment industry should do about piracy. I think the main issue is soon going to come down to who owns information via the internet. It’s not just music and movies that will have issues, but books and software and private information. Even though the music/movie industry is the loudest, I think we’ll soon see battles pop up all over the place about the rights to information in general.
Sincerely,
Evy Traczyk
Dear Evy,
Hi. How are you now that school is over? I did enjoy writing in class. Being able to write and communicate your thoughts, ideas, and feelings are so important.As far as some great writers I think Jane Austin writing and Dan Brown are some of our all time great writers.
Evy, as far as video games evolving into a form of communication-it has happen. For example: World of Warcraft, X box live like thru Halo. It is a form of communication for fun and entertainment. The only think serious are the die hard players of these games.
In class, I enjoyed the most reading the every ones memoirs. It was great being able to tap into everyones personal thoughts and ideas, etc.
I wish you the best in your next class. Remember to always be true to yourself and be the best writer you can be.
Sincerely,
Sally Carattini
Dear Brittany,
I was excited to read your projects. To have a chance to see how someone else in the class was writing these papers was interesting. The 3 forms of papers gave a variety of writing patterns and helped give experience in resarching different topics. Also I think that by the end of the class we were all better writers due to the preasure of getting it done in so little time.
I did have a little trouble though understanding your compare and contrast paper. I didnt see what exactely you were comparing. So maybe in the future if you have another chance to prove your writing skills you could make the subjects you are comparing a little more clear. I almost seen it as another definition paper. Which by the way you did an excellent job on!
As far as your writing skills overall, you are doing a great job. You put alot of detail into your subjects. Keep up the great work and best wishes in the future. Keep your goal in mind and never give up on your dreams!
Sincerely,
Kim Herman
June 25, 2009
Andrea Hood
4231 E. Osborne Ave.
Tampa, Fl. 33610
Dear Ms.Andrea,
I just finished my class work for one of my classes. I am so very sorry it has been a while since my last correspondence. Sometimes when I write I just lose myself in the words and completely lose track of time. That’s why I love writing so much I think. When I write I feel like I am voicing all of my opinions and feelings to a friend. I am able to say exactly what’s inside of me without being judged. It’s a complete release and I feel most free when I sitting down with a pen and paper and my thoughts. I hope you understand and just being able to write to you today is allowing me to keep in touch with you my good friend.
We have been working on communication technology a lot in my classes lately and it is making me realize something. We are relying more and more on technology today and it seems like you cant do anything without computers or the internet or even a cell phone that can surf mobile versions of our favorite websites. I think the more we keep relying on nothing but computers and technology in general the more we put ourselves at risk for a serious amount of chaos if anything ever happens. However, it seems like this is the path we are going to have to follow until something does happen to change the peoples perception of our constant reliance on technology.
We were recently given the task of reading the writings of a few of our classmates. I find this extremely interesting because it allows you to view a certain topic and the world in general through someone else’s eyes. What amazes me most is the complete difference of opinions people can have when talking about the same subject. It has really opened my eyes in a lot of ways and made me realize that I should always be willing to look at things in a different light and be willing to accept different viewpoints. I look forward to hearing from you and hope everything is well.
Sincerely,
Anna M. Rice
103 B Karde Lane
Brandon, FL. 33510
Dear Anna Rice,
I would like to preface this letter with a word of gratitude. It is an honor to receive your request. I must admit that this is my first opportunity to lend my thoughts to a curious reader. While criticism of another’s work has never been one of my strengths, I am all too happy to provide you with a glimpse of my thoughts on the few questions you have asked of me.
When given a commission to write, the things I consider are the work’s topic, style, and audience. I have recently been commissioned to compose three papers. It is possible my thoughts on those papers would be of some use to you, as these assignments are the first of their kind to come across my desk.
The first commission was to create a memoir. This memoir was to be centered on a symbol in communication technology. As my subject, I chose to write about my wedding band. I knew that if I chose a topic so dear to my heart, I couldn’t fail. I have found that nearly anything written from the heart will portray some form of passion. Isn’t passion what we all seek in life?
I have also been asked to define a technology using my own ideas of how it is being affected by today’s society. I felt this was a unique opportunity to discuss how I think technology is adversely affecting our culture as Americans. I chose to discuss the demise of the newspaper industry, which is a direct result of the Internet takeover of advertising revenue. Again, this is a topic that has fascinated me for a number of years. I found myself asking, will people ever again be awakened by the dull thud of a newspaper banging on their front door at the break of dawn?
For my final task, I was asked to present an argumentative paper. The option was mine as to what type of argument I would make. This commission gave the opportunity to seek some technological issue that has two debated sides, and argue one position or the other. For the last few years there has been a buzz word permeating the Internet: net neutrality. These were words that I had heard many times; but I didn’t really know what they meant. So, the prospect of discovering some insight into the world net neutrality was sufficient to draw me in. The research certainly helped refine my opinions of technology.
As to my views and opinions of technology, I believe that we have come to a point of no return; our dependence on technology is pervasive to a fault. I recently took part in an experiment that required all of the participants to give up technology for twenty-four hours. You couldn’t imagine the outrage. Suffice it to say that, while many technological innovations will be to our benefit, I believe everyone should take a step back every once in a while, and forget their modern conveniences.
I would like to thank you again for seeking my opinion on such interesting topics. It was a pleasure. I do not often get asked to write about my views. I hope they will be of some help to you in your near future. I wish you all the best.
Respectfully Yours,
Travis Gordon
Dear Mr. Joel Morton,
I enjoyed reading your papers; additionally your memoir was very heartfelt. Your Father; was very inspirational to you, and I greatly agree with your choice that you made about moving out with your Father. Even though, your parents disagreed on a lot of things; on the other hand, it did not affect the love you have for music. In your memoir I did notice that you did use a tad bit of commas, but in your other papers you did not. A great way to not use as many commas is to read aloud your paper, and pause every time you see a comma. Basically, treating the comma like if it was a period, it may sound a little grade school, but it is effective.
Yes, I do believe your definition was effective about the mobile phone, the iPhone. When you mentioned about the pharmaceutical medicine advertising, did it really happen to you? I do, agree it is very interrupting when one is having a great dream. I also agree that cell phones have become that latest desire that everyone has. I also wrote about a cellular phone called the LG Vu it is similar to the iPhone. I recall when you mentioned about text messaging, how people especially young teens do not elaborate their thoughts clearly and how it affects on how they write. I believe that if young teens use the QWERTY keyboard it would help them become better typers and enforce more affectively spelling out what they say, instead of abbreviating everything. Your definition also had brief history and I did not know that the first cell phones were about a thousand to two thousand dollars. Overall, your definition was affective and had an everyday touch to it. Your audience can easily relate to what your definition of a cellular phone is, and how it has become a part of us.
There is a saying, “There is always room for improvement,” but what to do if there is not anymore room? I believe based on your papers that you’re a good writer. You offer experiences that people can relate to, and the content from your papers do not bore your readers. Besides from your previous question about the commas overall everything is great. With your love of music along with your gutair and the amplifier, you can use writing as an additional way to communicate your love and devotion to it. We all can learn how to express one another from writing, but when you discover your strengths and express it in writing it makes it more powerful and meaningful.
Sincerely,
Banesa Regalado
P.S.
Enjoy round two of writing, laughing-out-loud!!! I actually spelled it out for once.
Dear John Sawyer,
I believe that the most demanded teaching jobs in the next few years will be bilingual and special education teacher. There is a need for more bilingual teachers because some immigrants don’t know the English language fully. There’s not a lot of special education program because of the lack of teachers and helpers who are qualified for that type of “teach job”.
My preferred method of research is goggling up stuff and seeing where the websites take me or I go to wikipedia and head to the bottom where they have all the references the writer used for their wikipedia page.
There’s lots of jobs out there for people interested in writing. For example, you can be a novelist, comic book writer, screen player writer, journalist, or you can be a freelance writer. It all depends on what you want to do.
May good luck be your friend in whatever you do and may trouble be always a stranger to you.
P.S. I didn’t make that saying up. It’s actually an Irish blessing even though I’m not Irish I thought it would sound good at the end of this letter.
Sincerely,
Cynthia Perdomo
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